Hiking Through the Woods on a Snowy Evening: Bill and Ruth Henning Conservation Area in its Winter Splendor

My cabin fever was driving me a little nutty today, so I decided to drive to Branson, Missouri to hike in the Bill and Ruth Henning Conservation Area. As I hiked the words of Robert Frost kept coming to mind, a poem that I learned in sixth grade and still love to this day.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

I did a four mile hike today in the conservation area just of Missouri 76 near Branson. The main access from 76 was closed, so I had to go in the back entrance on Sycamore Church Road, which you can access from Old 76 Highway. I am not going to say a bunch more. I will just let the videos reveal the winter wonderland hidden in the woods with its many waterfalls near Branson.















Here's the stream that created the smaller falls.