Marinoni Scenic Area
January 10, 2004
Many have said this is the most scenic part
of the Ozark Highlands Trail. I hate to admit it, but I rushed
through here on the way to find a geocache, and was really
short on time and didn't get to appreciate the scenery. I can
say that it is a canyon area with big bluffs, lots of huge
beech trees and numerous small cascades and waterfalls.
On the drive up I pulled off the side of
the road South of Turner Bend to take a crack at taking the
standard “old barn out in the middle of a field”
picture. Later I took a shortcut to get to the Scenic Area by
driving up a forest service road from the South, then walking a
jeep road until in intersected with the Ozark Highlands
Trail.
None of the pictures I took inside the
Scenic Area are worth showing in public, but since this a
journal of our trips to the outdoors I've included some shots
along the OHT taken that morning.
