Here are Bruce, Anne and Jaya, getting ready to walk out to the Quarry Bridge.
On our way, we saw a couple bridges that got washed out in a flood, something like 20 years ago. The water was an amazing green color. I don't know what it is that makes that beautiful green, I suspect it's mineral. Possibly copper.
Here is the Quarry Bridge from a distance. It's an old railroad bridge, built in 1912, for the railroad to get to the Quarry. This bridge is still standing, while the two that washed out were built more recently. The railroad doesn't run here anymore, but you can walk out on it. We went across and down the trail a bit.
On our way back, something shiny caught my eye. It was a strand of sari silk! "A knitter has been here!" I cried. "It's knitting spoor!" So, of course, we had to take a picture.
When we got back to the road, I saw this sign. Cool is a town not far from Auburn. We took a drive out there a few days ago. Blink, and you'll miss it.
After the walk, we drove up to the bridge on 49, and we had this view of the other bridges.
Then we drove out to Lake Clementine. (We were actually in search of a bathroom.) Here are the falls.. very beautiful. See the rainbow?
Jaya had me take this picture of him scaling the fence. Looks like it's been done before.
On January 1, Jaya and I found another trail. This one was called Stagecoach Trail. It started out as a nice easy walk, and then we decided to turn onto Flood Trail. Then things got a bit more challenging! These trails were way up above where we'd been before.
At one point, we had a view of the Quarry Bridge from way up high. Just look at that green water!
2 comments:
Knitting spore - I love it. And yes, there is a lot of copper in the water up here. You get a slight metallic taste when you drink the tap water. It's good to see that you and Jaya are finding some of the wonderful hikes near you.
These are wonderful pictures. What a beautiful area. And I am sure the Knitting spoor is bio-degradable, yes?
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