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2:29 - You definitely don't want to trip at night around those cypress "knees" (is it?). You might end up in bad shape.

Very cool, amazing formations.

Bummer about the camera. Amazing views, beautiful scenery.

Love the Wichitas. Spent a lot of time exploring them in the 80s

Thank You for this tremendous video! As a Northern Californian for decades, I grew up in Lawton, OK many years ago. The Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge is truly amazing and beautiful. The Narrows and Charons Garden are not what you'd expect in Oklahoma - simply gorgeous. The bison, elk and other wildlife make it a true nature lovers paradise. I love the lakes, especially Quanah Parker and Treasure Lake with scenic views. We have tons of beautiful spots in Northern California but when I visit Oklahoma in the Fall the Wichitas are special and always a destination. The lure of the refuge with it's many beautiful areas reminds me of how much I love that area and miss it. Your video really brings the beauty of Oklahoma to life. Thanks again!

Hobbit home ❤

Thank you!

Can you do a video of the old Ma Hale's in Grand Tower? Best place in the world for fried chicken meals served family style.

This is amazing. I live in Western KY and we always explored in Southern Illinois. In better health (and vehicles) we used to go to Heron Pond and Mermet Lake arew all the time.

You are inside a very large branch of a tree. "Garden of the gods". The gods were very tall. The trees were very tall.

In southern Ohio there is an ancient remnants of the Ohio before the glaciers, who's path was cut off and it was forced to reroute. It starts in Wheelersburg and the cut off point was in Piketon. It took a more northern route that was scraped clean from the glaciers. Those Cyprus were used by early settlers as temporary shelters or even makeshift homes until something could be built.

Not erosion. Impossible.

Hello from Alaska! We are moving to Ohio so as I was searching I stumbled on your channel. So, very cool!!!! Thanks for explaining all of that history. We love the outdoors and exploring, learning about history and about people that lived in the area long ago. Thanks :) I will check out your other videos too as we trek across the country to Ohio and then explore more.

Love your stuff!! Keep on keeping on.

At the end of the vidreo where are those caves?

Lots of snakes in Southern Illinois! Cotton Mouths, Copperheads, and Timber Rattle Snakes are the ones to watch out for.

It’s a very interesting feature of the land there. Such a beautiful looking day. I was there last Fall and it was cloudy, cool, and exceptionally windy, even for this area. It was an impromptu visit and I apparently missed a lot. Didn’t make it to the top. Weather was coming in. Great Job capturing the location, narrating, and on a beautiful day to boot! I caught a dreary day but I'm gonna share what I captured nonetheless. I'm going to share your video in my description. 👍

I climbed down that very hillside 30 years ago without a rope from the top

i have been to cedar lake once with my boat and it is beautiful. i cant wait to do some hiking and creek fishing there. Have you caught anything bigger in the small creeks around the lake?

Went there once in my chevy cruze and it went from blue skies to rain while hiking and I'm glad to be a expertly trained driver since it took that to not be stuck on that steep grade. If you go there without a high torque 4 or all wheel drive make sure to leave immediately when rain starts and it won't hurt anyone to have tire chains just in case.

I'm heading to Shawnee NF this weekend, coming back to South Carolina via SNF via Cincinnati. Thanks for the vid. Helps fill in some research.

Awesome vid. Looks like a really cool place to explore. Thanks.

Thanks

I grew up here in Lawton. In the dry seasons it looks like the the land in the Italian spaghetti Westerns. The wild buffalo and some wild longhorns give it a real western flavor. Best to hike in the Spring time or late Fall since the summer is like an open oven door 100-120F. Still worth the effort to hike.

Devils backbone park and the coke ovens were completely overtaken by the river in 2019. Out of several floods that they have had over the years, 2019 was heart breaking and definitely flooded up to the ovens, likely causing a lot of failure in the old structures from the current. I have seen houses floating down that stretch of river during extreme flooding.

I live in NW Ohio in the black swamp and oak openings region. This video reminds me of the black swamp

I love Elk mountain and the Charon Gardens wilderness area. Im 60 years old and Ive been climbing all that area since i was two. Styx canyon is just to the west of that area and it is even more rough, but worth the effort. Its just a beautiful rugged place out in the middle of the plains and since I live in Oklahoma I count myself blessed that I have a place like WMWR to enjoy.

Im staying in an rv right now. I went "exploring", and didn't find any of that stuff lol! The ridge is choked with foliage i don't know that i could even get up there. The fence to the haunted house is gone

Great video of a very interesting place. Looks like Elephant Rocks in Missouri on steroids. Wow, bat caves and bear caves and lots of granite boulders!

I love all of your videos!! Please don't get stuck between those massive boulders. No one is strong enough to get out of there.

I'm from southeast Michigan, i never knew that cypress trees are found this far north in Illinois. Amazing to see those trees and swamps that look like something out of the deep southern United States 🇺🇸. Thats crazy 🤪 cool! Great video 👍 I truly loved it.😮😊

What was this trail called, I’ve been looking for this cave for a long time!

not being racist or anything like that but the dead might have been killed by indians

Wow! What a unique place!

Thanks for sharing. I did hike to the top of Elk mountain once, but I did not see all of the things you showed. I will definitely have to go back.

It was fun to hear the canyon wrens singing in the background. I used to love rock scrambling, but not sure my back will take it anymore. This was a nice hike!

Where is the dry river bed shown in the intro?

Darn! You are telling others about our secret paradises in Oklahoma! (Glad you enjoyed)

Hi everyone, excuse poor ol' European for not knowingnthe Bald Cypress was a deciduous conifer! 🤭 I almost wanted to ask why on Earth were you calling a deciduous tree a "cypress"?! And just when I was getting ready to ask, you explained it at about before 10:24. Nice to know! Here in Europe I'm aware of only one deciduous conifer, which is Larch. Interesting trip this one. I once (1988) slept at the banks of the Ohio river, but that was at Dayton Metropolitan Park before their Mountain Days festival. It absolutely reminded me a river in my hometown. This location down south is something completely else!

wish i had a dollar for everytime you used the word ‘so’ in your narrative… i could retire. enjoyed the video anyway.

I was curious as to where this is at in the park?

Beautiful is what it is you are very lucky to have this I probably want ever get there , I want to thank you for taking me on this fun filled ride with you it was amazing because I thought Cypress trees were only the far South in Louisiana Alabama and so forth

Great time to visit as we are in a bit of a drought in the upper ohio valley

I believe Lincoln and Douglas had a debate there.

anyone who has ever been to the Grand Canyon can see these places just want to feed off the name. too bad since they can be great places on their own until you are disappointed due to the hype.

Thank you for sharing the highlights of your trip.

The voices of past generations.

Pretty cool, this is the first vid I have seen of yours. I am from Ohio and never knew there cypress this far north. I would like to see the old section of the Cache River valley that is now dry

I’m a karnak boy always will be!!! Grew up there miss it everyday…

This isn't the same Cache River that runs through Arkansas, is it? Edit: No, no it's not. lol