April in the Canyon

We've done a lot of little stuff, hikes, projects, etc.  Here's a look.

Jeffery with his pho in Oroville

Laurie's pho

I think I found Wrong-way Feldman! (look it up)

the Oroville Inn has some nice touches!

 Okay, now we're back in the canyon.

had to check on the Scotsman's grave.  It is in good condition, I'm glad to report.

the barn at the end of the Belden back-road

Jeffery is going to take some stuff up for tomorrow's work on the Tobin Trail with Roger

there he goes, fully laden; he'll have more to carry up tomorrow, like the chainsaw.

I decided to walk up to see the guys, and saw wild irises along the Tobin Trail

Lupine

Indian Paintbrush and wallflowers

I approach Colby Creek, where Jeffery and Roger are hard at work creating a bridge walk-way to get across the creek.

Jeffery set a goodly rock in place at the sheer edge

this is all new trail section  that Jeffery is building, which will lead to that fallen log in the background, which will be the bridge.  Roger is working on the other side of the creek.

this is the current way down the sheer cliff to cross the creek, which has eroded in the winter rains and our usage of the trail.

by the time I arrive, Jeffery has finished creating the new trail section, and is working on benching the steep place for a rock retaining wall.

looking down to the creek

Jeffery on his new trail section.  The guys will use downed trees to create the bridge, but today, the darned chainsaw refused to fire up.

Here's Roger, working on the far side to make a new trail section  to connect up to the old section

I helped!  Not much, but a little!

here is the new wall Jeffery built down to the creek, which will still be the way to go down and across until the bridge gets built.

here's the same shot, only from the creek level.  Roger has made the creek visible over the past months, so it's a whole new world at Colby Creek.

new trail section in sunlight.

on a run for the mail, I saw this double engine running down the tracks

Fern Creek and bleeding hearts on the Belden back road

the Frates garage still has its orange door, and is still standing

Red Hill got a new dusting of snow on April 23

rock wall at the End House on the back road

Ben Lomond also got new snow

red larkspur and new pine growth

rock flowers, whose name I do not know.

the back road is so green!

the back road doesn't go anywhere but along the river

dogwood

Ben Lomond peeps out of the clouds above Dead Man's Curve

the Frates House

Hope all this green woodsiness isn't too confusing for you.  For me, it's like entering a magical place and seeing it with new eyes.