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>> WE ARE APPROXIMATELY FROM THE
OZARK I WOULD SAY 15 MILES. WE TOOK 23 NORTH AND TOOK RURAL
OAK TO THE SPOT THAT WE PARKED HERE AND WE'RE -- THIS IS ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF MULBERRY RIVER
THAT WE'RE GOING DO AND THE ANVIL ROCK OVERLOOK AS I SAID
AND THE ACCESS IS TOUGH TO GET TO. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE
SPOTS TO COME TO. I COME HERE FREQUENTLY TO CLEAR MY HEAD.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. UPON THE INVITATION OF OUT DOOR
ENTHUSIAST DOUG MABRY WE WENT TO
HIS FAVORITE OVER LOOK AT THE MULBERRY RIVER AND THE RECENT
SNOWFALL ADDED TO THE BEAUTY OF THE AREA. AFTER WALKING LESS
THAN A HUNDRED YARDS AT A GATE WHERE YOU CAN PARK AND LOOK FOR
THE FLAT ROCK AND GO LEFT AND GO
DOWNHILL. SINCE THERE ISN'T ANY
TRAIL YOU HAVE TO BUSH WALK YOUR
WAY DOWN VEERING OFF TO THE RIGHT. ABOUT 200-YARDS FROM
THE ROAD YOU WILL SPOT THE RIVER AS
YOU ROOF THE OVER LOOK. >> YEAH, THIS MAKES IT WORTH
WHILE HERE. BEAUTIFUL. >> WHEN YOU GET DOWN HERE IT'S
DEFINITELY WORTH IT. I HAVE OBSERVED A LOT OF EAGLES FROM
THIS SPOT. YOU MIGHT GET LUCKY AND SEE ONE. YOU MAY NOT SEE
ANY. YOU MAY SEE 10 OR 20. YOU
JUST NEVER KNOW. THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS THE START OF
THE LOWER SECTION ON THE MULBERRY RIVER. IT'S CALLED
THE OVAL, THE ANVIL ROCK OVERLOOK
HERE. >> THAT'S A TONGUE TWISTER.
>> YES IT IS AND THERE'S A ROCK JUST BELOW HERE HERE THAT IS
THE SHAPE OF AN ANVIL
AND SALT CREEKS BEND -- I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY CALL IT THAT BUT
WE'RE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER AND THIS IS A GREAT SPOT.
THERE'S A LOT OF UNSEEN STUFF
DOWN HERE THAT PEOPLE THAT YOU JUST NEED TO GET OUT AND STOMP
AROUND AND CHECK OUT. >> I GUESS WE CAME HERE AT THE
OPPORTUNE TIME AFTER A GOOD SNOWFALL.
>> RIGHT. >> AND I IMAGINE AUTUMN IS
BEAUTIFUL TOO. >> YES IT'S ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL AND YOU GET THE FALL COLORS BUT
TODAY WE DIDN'T SEE ANY EAGLES. >> OH WELL.
>> YEAH, I COME HERE QUITE -- I ONLY LIVE 2 MILES FROM HERE AND
I COME DOWN HERE ALL THE TIME AT
LEAST ONCE A WEEK. >> IT'S A GOOD INSPIRATION
POINT HERE I IMAGINE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH, YEAH. CLEAR YOUR HEAD. GET YOUR
THOUGHTS TOGETHER OUT HERE. >> THERE WAS ONE DAY THOUGH AS
MABRY MENTIONED ONE DAY HE GOT A
LITTLE TOO RELAXED. >> YEAH, I CAME DOWN ON A
SATURDAY IN THE SPRING, A REALLY
BEAUTIFUL DAY. I GOT DOWN HERE ABOUT FIVE, 6:00 O'CLOCK AND
HAD MY HAMMY BETWEEN TWO TREES AND
I HEARD SOMEBODY YELLING FOR ME
AND IT WAS MY WIFE AND WAS CONCERNED. HE WONDERED IF
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME BUT IT WAS ALL GOOD. I WAS RELAXED.
>> RELAX FOR YOURSELF THAT ANVIL
ROCK OVERLOOK ABOVE THE MULBERRY
RIVER NORTHWEST OF OZARK.
>>
THE BEAUTY OF WINTER IF YOU CAN BRAVE THE ELEMENTS IS
BECKONING YOU TO EXPLORE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COMBINATION OF ICE
AND RUNNY WATER AND GLORY HOLE OVER THERE WAS FROZEN SOLID IF
YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT AT SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND NOW
THAT THE TEMPERATURE IS UP ABOVE
FREEZING IT'S A RAGING GIGANTIC FACET. ACTUALLY IF IT WASN'T
FOR THE PORING DOWN RAIN THIS PARTICULAR DAY AND WITH ALL OF
THE RUNOFF THE FROZEN COLUMN BEHIND THE RUSHING WATER WOULD
STILL BE VISIBLE. GLORY HOLE TO
SAY THE LEAST IS QUITE AN INTERESTING WATERFALL.
THROUGHOUT TIME THE RUSHING WATER LITTLE BY LITTLE
EVENTUALLY BORE A HOLE THROUGH THE ROOF OF AN OVER HANGING
BLUFF AND THUS CREATING A STUNNING WATERFALL COMING OUT
OF THE ROCK BELOW.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN I SAW THIS WATERFALL FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME I WAS MESMERIZED FROM THE WATER GUSHING OUT FROM THE HOLE
IN THE ROCK. GETTING TO GLORY HOLE IS FAIRLY EASY. IF YOU'RE
COMING FROM FALLSVILLE IN THE
OZARK NATIONAL FOREST ON HIGHWAY
21 GO EAST 6.2 MILES TURN RIGHT DOWN THE DIRT ROAD TO PARK.
THERE IS A GLORY HOLE SIGN THERE
POINTING DOWN THE ROAD. ABOUT A
QUARTER OF THE MILE DOWN THE ROAD IS WHERE THE TRAIL STARTS
AND IT'S THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OR SO DOWN THIS TRAIL.
ALONG THE WAY THERE'S AT LEAST A
COUPLE DECENT WATERFALLS THAT YOU CAN ENJOY AND PHOTOGRAPH.
I MIGHT ADD YOU WILL BE CROSSING
THE MAINSTREAM PLUS A COUPLE OTHER TRIBUTARIES ACROSS THE
TRAIL SO APPROPRIATE FOOT WARE IS WISE ESPECIALLY DURING
WINTER. ALLOW YOURSELF AT LEAST
THREE HOURS FOR THE 2-MILE ROUND
TRIP HIKE INCLUDINGS THE TIME YOU SPENT AT GLORY HOLE ITSELF.
>> IN THE TOWN OF SHERIDAN THERE'S A MUSEUM THAT COULD
QUITE FRANKLY RIVAL ANY OF THE STATE PARK MUSEUMS. THE GRANT
COUNTY MUSEUM TRACES THE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT FROM PREHISTORIC
TIMES TO THE PRESENT AND THEN SOME. CONTAINING ABOUT 10
GALLERIES THE GRANT COUNTY MUSEUM IS DEFINITELY MUCH
BIGGER ON THE INSIDE THAN IT LOOKS ON
THE OUTSIDE. >> YES. WE HEAR THAT ALL OF
THE TIME. PEOPLE -- ESPECIALLY
WE'RE A LITTLE OFF THE BEATEN PATH SO PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND
I HEARD ABOUT YOUR MUSEUM BUT ONCE THEY GET HERE IT'S
ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHING AND WE HAVE 3 ACRES AND THE
BOARD WALK AND THE MAIN BUILDING
HERE SO THERE IS DEFINITELY A LOT TO SEE.
>> WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE GOING THROUGH -- I MEAN YOU HAVE THE
WILDLIFE DISPLAY HERE. YOU'VE GOT A WORLD WAR II, VIETNAM
WAR, KOREAN WAR, AUTOMOBILES AND
SOME FUTURE LOOKING CAR. I DIDN'T
KNOW EXISTED AND BUILT BACK IN 1985.
>> YES. >> AND THE OTHER BUILDING AND
EXTENSIVE WORLD WAR II VEHICLE COLLECTION.
>> YES, ALL DONATED. EVERYTHING
THAT WE HAVE HERE IS DONATED BY MOTHLY GRANT COUNTY RESIDENTS.
A FEW FROM OUT OF THE COUNTY BUT
EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH DONATED AND MAKE THE GALLERY
WHAT WE ARE. >> AND HAVING THE SECTION OF
MUSIC HISTORY. >> YES.
>> AND A COVERED WAGON. >> YES.
>> JOHN BODE'S FISHING BOATS. >> ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE WE
HAVE IT. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE WE
HAVE SOMETHING RELATED TO IT OR IT
CAN BE FOUND HERE SO THERE'S A LOT TO SEE.
>> ALTHOUGH NOT LABELED AS A MILITARY MUSEUM IT DOES CONTAIN
AS ALREADY MENTIONED QUITE AN EXTENSIVE DISPLAY OF WORLD WAR
II VEHICLES SUCH AS WITH THE RICHARD HARRISON COLLECTION OF
MILITARY VEHICLES. >> HE WAS LOOKING FOR A DONOR
FOR HIS COLLECTION AND WE HEARD OF THIS AND SOME OF OUR
FOUNDATION MEMBERS GOT TOGETHER AND THROUGH THE DONOR WE WERE
ABLE TO BUILD A BUILDING OUT BACK, THE HARRISON BUILDING,
THAT HOLDS THE VEHICLES AND WE BROUGHT THEM HERE AND HAVE THEM
ON DISPLAY FOR VIEWING. AND I UNDERSTAND IS ONE OF THE
LARGEST -- >> COLLECTIONS.
>> -- IN THE NATION. >> JESUS. SO WE ARE VERY
FORTUNATE HE WAS GENEROUS AND KIND TO DONATE THOSE.
>> THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD IS ALSO OF COURSE COVERED WITH THE
BATTLE OF JENKINS FERRY AND CONSIDERING THE TIME
JENKINS FERRY WAS ONE OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES AND THOUSANDS
OF UNION AND CONFEDERATE CASUALTIES RESPECTFULLY. IN
KEEPING WITH THE MILITARY THEME THERE IS ANOTHER UNIQUE ITEM ON
DISPLAY HERE, A BOTTLE OF VINTAGE COGNAC PURCHASED IN
1938 WHEN THE LAST MAN CLUB WAS
FORMED. CONSISTING OF WORLD 11 VETS A MEETING WAS TO BE HELD
UNTIL ONLY ONE MEMBER SURVIVED AND THEN THE BOTTLE COULD BE
OPENED. OLIVER WILLIAMS WAS THE
LAST MAN AND OPENED THE BOTTLE TO GIVE A TOAST TO HIS DEPARTED
COMREGARDS. THE TOAST AND A PICTURE REMAIN ON PERMANENT
DISPLAY. WELL NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE ALL
OF THE EXHIBITS INSIDE -- IF THAT
WASN'T ENOUGH, YOU HAVE ALL THIS
ON THE OUTSIDE. >> YES. WE WERE DONATED EACH
BUILDING BEGINNING IN THE EARLY 90'S EACH BUILDING WAS DONATED
AND RELOCATED OUT HERE TO HERITAGE SQUARE AND ALL OF THE
BUILDINGS ARE MAINTAINED. THEY ARE DECORATED AND FURNISHED AS
TO THE TIME -- >> YEAH, LIKE THE SCHOOL HOUSE.
>> YES. >> YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING YOU
DON'T SEE EVERYDAY IS THE OLD CAFE.
>> YES. >> MILL TOWN CAFE.
>> YES. IT'S VERY FAMILIAR TO A
LOT OF OUR GRANT COUNTY RESIDENTS. THEY LIKE TO COME
INTO THE CAFE AND TAKES THEM BACK TO THE TIME OF THEIR YOUTH
AND A HAMBURGER MIGHT HAVE BEEN 10, 20-CENTS AND THEY ENJOY
THAT. WE ALSO HAVE THE HOME OVER THERE. THAT'S ONE OF OUR
FAVORITES HERE. WE HAVE THE HOUSE HERE -- WE HAVE A POST
OFFICE IN HERE, A DOCTORS AND LAWYER'S OFFICE SO YOU SEE A
THREE IN ONE IN THAT HOUSE SO WE
HAVE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SIGHTINGS OUT HERE IF YOU WILL. >> AND SCHOOL KIDS CAN COME
HERE AND SEE --
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> -- EARLY AMERICA.
>> IT'S A GREAT TOOL FOR THE KIDS AND THEY CAN READ ABOUT IT
IN THE HISTORY BOOKS BUT TO COME
OUT AND SEE AND WE HAVE LIVING PRESENTERS THAT COME OUT. WE
HAVE A BLACKSMITH THAT WILL COME
OUT AND VISIT WITH THE STUDENTS SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
THEM. >> IT'S ALSO A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST GRANT
COUNTY RESIDENTS TO EXPERIENCE INCLUDING LAST BUT NOT LEAST A
700 FEET NATURE TRAIL BOARD WALK
THROUGH SHACKLEFORD WOODS AND IF
YOU HAVE ENERGY LEFT YOU CAN CLIMB THE OLD FIRE TOWER OUT
BACK.
>> WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE OUT THE PROGRAM KIND OF IN A WAY WE
STARTED IT BY TREKKING OUT IN THE SNOW EXCEPT IN THIS
PARTICULAR CASE WITH THE SNOW FLOAT. WE'RE ON CROOKED CREEK
NEAR HARRISON. THE TEMPERATURE IS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND THE
WIND CHILL FACTOR IS BELOW ZERO BUT IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT SO
HE SAID. >> WELL, WE'RE GOING OUT THERE.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE SOME THINGS AND SNOW AND PLENTY OF
WATER IF WE KEEP FROM FREEZING TO DEATH.
>> ALL RIGHT. DENNIS WHITESIDE IS A POPULAR
STREAM GUIDE IN THE ARKANSAS AND
MISSOURI OZARKS WITH WHOM WE'VE GONE OUT ON A COUPLE OF
PREVIOUS SEGMENTS.
>> CHUCK AS YOU KNOW I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME FLOATING IN THE
SUMMERTIME FISHING BUT I DO GET OUT IN THE WINTER. I ENJOY IT.
THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE IT.
A LOT OF WILDLIFE AND I
ACTUALLY SPEND A LOT OF TIME HUNTING IN
THE WINTER TIME. >> YOU SAID THOUGH THE WILDLIFE
YOU CAN SEE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS ALL COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT. >> YOU JUST SEE A LOT MORE
WILDLIFE -- ACTUALLY A LOT OF THE WATER FOWL SPECIES ARE
ALONG THE RIVER AND WE HAVE COLD
TEMPERATURES IN THE FLAT WATER AND IT'S FROZEN AND THE STREAMS
ARE LIKE LIFE BLOOD. THEY'RE THE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET TO
THE WATER. DUCKS AND GEESE CAN FEED
I LIKE THE SNOW THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THAT IT HIGHLIGHTS.
YOU SEE THE SHADOWS AND THE
SHAPES. WE PUT IN -- WE'RE ON THE UPPER END OF THE CREEK.
HALF COLT ROAD, CROOKED CREEK, MULE MARSHALL.
>> CROOKED CREEK HAS BEEN A LONG
TIME FAVORITE WITH ANGULARS AND CLASSIFIED AS A SMALL RIBBON
TROUT STREAM. >> I GOT GOOD SMALL MOUTH IN
THIS WATER. THERE'S VERY FEW PLACES ON CROOKED CREEK THAT
HAVE NOT ACTUALLY FLOATED. A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IT BUT BASICALLY THE STREAM GOES UNDER
GROUND AT THE BRIDGE AT HILLVILLE AND NORMALLY YOU
CAN'T FLOAT ANY IN THAT. IN THE
SPRING THERE IS ENOUGH WATER BUT
UP HERE THERE'S ALWAYS WATER AND
CROOKED CREEK A PHENOMENAL FISHERY. I HAVE BEEN ON
COUNTRYLESS STREAMS AND I'M NOT SURE THERE IS A FISHERY LIKE IT
ANYWHERE. SUMMERTIME COME DOWN THROUGH HERE AND BE WAITING AND
KICK UP CLOUDS OF CRAWDADS. >> WHAT ABOUT THE FISHING
THOUGH AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR?
>> FISHING -- YOU'VE GOT TO FISH
SLOW AND KEEP. FISH ARE IN WHAT
I CALL WINTERING HOLES, THE DEEPEST BODY OF WATER ON ANY
PARTICULAR STREAM, AND LATHARJIC
WOULD BE ONE TERM TO GIVE THEM. >> THERE ARE SOME RIGHT THERE.
>> THAT IS PROBABLY SUCKERS. >> YEAH.
>> BUT IF YOU FISH WITH ALL SMART HERGIGS AND DEEP AND
AROUND BOLDERS YOU CAN CATCH FISH. I DO A LITTLE WINTER
FISHING BUT FRANKLY IT'S NOT WHAT I WANT TO DO WHEN YOU CAN
GET OUT HERE AND DO WHAT WE'RE DOING, DUCK HUNTING, AND SEE
WILDLIFE THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE T THE VEGETATION IS DOWN.
YOU CAN SEE WAY BACK INTO THE WOODS. THE GEOLOGY GETS MORE
EXPOSED AND LIKE YOU WERE SAYING
LOOKING AT KING FISH THERE. >> YEAH.
>> BUT THERE'S JUST LOTS OF WILDLIFE UP AND DOWN THE RIVER.
ALL KINDS OF WATER FOWL.
>> AND MOST OF THE TIME YOU COME
OUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR NOBODY
ELSE WANTS TO BRAVE THE COLD. >> NO. NO, I NEVER SEE ANYONE.
NOW, THERE ARE THOSE THAT LIKE
TO GET OUT AND MAKE A FLOAT IN THE WINTER TIME AND I ENCOURAGE
THEM TO DO IT. YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR IT AND DRESS
WARMLY. I LIKE TO ROAST A HOT DOG, STOP, BUILD A FIRE.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE'RE HUNTING.
WE WILL GO UNTIL ABOUT NOON AND BUILD A FIRE AND MORE TIMES
THAN NOT WE'RE AT THE LIMIT BY THEN
AND I DO A LOT OF SQUIRREL HUNTING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
IT'S THEIR MATING SEASON BELIEVE
IT OR NOT SO THEY'RE ACTIVE, AND
YOU WILL HAVE TO CLEAN SOME COLD
GAME AT THE END OF THE TRIP BUT IT'S ONE -- I THINK YOU FIGURED
OUT BY NOW CHUCK I ENJOY OUR STREAMS AND I
AM OUT HERE YEAR ROUND AND THERE
IS NOTHING LIKE IT ALL. >> THAT'S FOR SURE. THERE IS A
SWIMMING HOLE RIGHT HERE. >> YEAH. THE DIP ON THIS HOLE
WATER HERE WITH THE HOLES AND FISH. MAYBE UNDER A ROCK, A
LOG. AND THEY DO EAT A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE WINTER BUT
THEIR METABOLISM IS DOWN QUITE A BIT.
>> AND IT WAS AT THIS PICTURESQUE SWIMMING HOLE WHICH
I HAVE TO REMEMBER IN THE SUMMER
WHERE WE STOPPED TO BUILD A FIRE
AND WARM UP AND ROAST A FEW HOT DOGS. HOW MANY TIMES A YEAR DO
YOU DO THIS IN THE WINTER TIME? >> NOT TOO OFTEN. NOT THIS
COLD. I HAVE MADE A FEW FLOAT THIS IS COLD AND HAVE KILLED
DUCKS. I HAVE BEEN OUT THIS YEAR PROBABLY HAVE A DOZEN
TIMES ON RIVERS, FIRST TIME IN THE
SNOW, BUT I ENJOY IT. I FLOAT AND HUNT UP IN MISSOURI NOW
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SQUIRRELS LIVE BUT YEARS AGO I WOULD COME
TO CROOKED CREEK AND FLOAT IT. I HAVE SPENT ALL DAY FLOATING
CROOKED CREEK UPSTREAM FROM HARRISON. MOST PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW CROOKED CREEK GOES THROUGH HARRISON BUT IT DOES AND LOTS
OF STORIES HERE ON THIS CREEK.
IT'S A WONDERFUL FISHERY AND THAT BIG CANOE WAS IN A WHILE
AGO. I HAVE NO DOUBT I FILLED ENOUGH SMALL MOUTH TO FILL THAT
A TIME OR TWO BUT I HAVEN'T FISHED HERE IN ABOUT EIGHT
YEARS SINCE I MOVED TO MISSOURI. I
AM GLAD YOU CALLED ON THIS WINTER
FLOAT. I KNEW PEOPLE WOULD ENJOY SEEING WHAT IT'S LIKE OUT
HERE. IT'S A LITTLE MORE BRISK THAN WHAT YOU WANT SOMETIMES
BUT THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT.
>> YEAH, THOSE FOLKS WILLING TO BRAVE THE COLD AND THE ELEMENTS
IT IS WELL WORTH IT. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOW.
KAYAKS ARE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE THAT GO BY THEMSELVES OUT ON
THE STREAMS. I LIKE MY CANOES
BECAUSE THEY'RE BIGGER AND YOU CAN PUT MORE HOT DOGS IN IT AND
COMFORTABLE. MOST EVERYBODY SEES YOU HOW THE THIS TIME OF
THE YEAR THINK THOSE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY AND CHANCES ARE I'M A
LITTLE CRAZY BUT I LOVE THIS STUFF. CHUCK, I DO. I TELL
PEOPLE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT I DO I WOULD
BE DOING THAT.
>> SO WHEN IT SNOWS AGAIN TRY A SNOW FLOAT FOR YOURSELF. JUST
GRAB A CANOE OR KAYAK AND GO TO THE NEAREST STREAM AND ENJOY
THE BEAUTY OF WINTER IN A UNIQUE
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