Some of you may be aware that there has been work done on the section of trail leading from the bridge by the Blue Pumphouse, to the power line just before Pine Street. I took a photo on August 9, when trucks were busy hauling gravel, and machines were packing it all down.
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| Looking towards Pine from the bridge |
Today on my hike, I was surprised to see that the trail had been completed, paved, and it looked like the work had stopped on the rest of the trail going towards Pine. There is a large width of unpaved, but packed trail beside the paved portion. The paved portion has been raised quite high to compensate for the low parts that used to be lakes in the spring. There are no barriers for vehicles yet, so hope they get put up before cars and trucks start using the bridge again. I did see some places in the pavement, that looked like some pole might be inserted, but time will tell.
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| Viewing paved trail towards the powerline road |
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| Just off the bridge looking up the paved trail. |
The area to the left of the paved trail is very wide, and I don't know what the purpose was to male it as wide as it is.
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| Walking the trail up to the power line |
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Looking towards the bridge from power line road
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The fence blocking access to the creek seems to get more broken all the time. It is sad people can't leave things alone, and feel the need to destroy them.
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| Fencing broken down |
I was happy to see an eagle on the eagle tree today, for the first time in a long while. I had seen a couple of ducks on one of my previous hikes, but there were none to be seen today, perhaps having moved on, or having become lunch for the eagle.
But if you haven't been out for a hike recently on the McIntyre Creek trails, you should check out the new paved area, and see what you think.
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