I took these photos, today, here in Eastern Oklahoma. It was
a cool, but pleasant, late October day. I took my jacket off
at about 10:00 AM, when the thick fog had lifted.
Trees along the roadside are just beginning to show colors,
as the fall of the year is still only beginning.
A view of the valleys, with some trees in the foreground.
I thought that perhaps the one turned tree would add some
color to the photo.
The Ouachita National Forest is a mixed forest, with
maples, blackjacks, other oaks, pines, cedars, and
various trees. This is an overhead view I took from
a mountain road. You can see streaks of brown, where
some sections of deciduous trees have fall foliage.
Another roadside view of fall foliage.
Some geologists theorize that, though the Ouachita
Mountains are, today, a relatively low-lying mountain
range, they were once among the tallest in America.
Some of the trees are sort of scrubby, at the
ridges, because of so much rock. These were the
source for material for stone tool-making for
millenia, as the rock found here could be made
razor-sharp, by an experienced maker.
The Ouachita National Forest is the oldest-established
national forest in the southern region of the United
States. These pictures were taken in the Oklahoma
part of a forest which stretches well into Arkansas.
The Ouachita Mountains lie immediately south of
the Cherokee Nation area of Oklahoma, which lies
in the Ozark region.
