duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa

Brush Creek Canyon Preserve is an abandoned State Park in Fayette county Iowa. There was a CCC camp that built a shelter and rest room out of stone and these still stand today. I am glad this is a preserve and not a developed state park. No hunting and only fishing for those who brave the dolomite boulders strewn throughout the preserve.

The road in was a greasy mess after a week of rains but I pushed the Subaru Crosstrek on the sketchy road a mix of gravel and mud. The goal was to hike into the preserve to a small creek named Moine Creek. This usually flows in the spring months and becomes a dry creek in late summer. The lush greens of spring overtake most of the rocks in the form of moss and ferns. A scene one would expect to see in some other state but Iowa. We are more than corn fields.

I included a shot from 2015 with my son climbing the boulder field to give perspective to this scene. I knew when first seeing it, it had potential. Can be a treacherous hike down the slopes and takes about half an hour to reach, following nothing but animal trails and climbing over deadfall. The first two shots were taken on my climb up from the floor and left me little room but I found a good spot to take these images.

These are the shots I love to take and this effort helps in presenting things most people will not get to see.

Moine Creek

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Moine Creek

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Same spot Sept 2015

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Fern Fronds

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jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Fine close ups.

anotherview Loc: California

Your shots present a theme of jungle lushness. You could have stood near the Amazon River with your camera.

granbob Loc: SW Wisc; E Iowa; W Illinois

The name seems very appropriate and your images justify the name. Nice job :-)

duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa

Thank you.

duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa

Lol it felt like a jungle on the hike out of there, humid and very damp conditions but was a blast. A tripod comes in handy as additional support too.

duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa

Thank you. In love with that canyon a perfect place to escape from it all.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent set, Duane!

duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa

Thank you Mike appreciate that.

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

Nice set, I enjoy seeing that part of the state, that I never had the opportunity to really explore.
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Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

Excellent, looks more like a rain forest, beautiful.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Beautiful photographs. I am now in St Joseph, Mo, but grew up in Monona Co. Iowa. When and why was the state park status removed? On a side note, I was doing genealogy the other day and found I had a distant cousin who lived in Fayette Co. and died at Randalia. I didn't keep track of the information. I wish I would have.