On into May

I really want to show you the bridge Jeffery built up on the Tobin Trail, but I have other things to show, too, so I'm going to try to keep it all in mostly chronological order.

Brenda and I found this large downed tree along our path on a recent hike

this is one of the slopes covered by dogwoods, but it really doesn't show how many there were all the way down, and all around us.

 

which is sky and which flowers?

roadside attraction - we call them "sticky monkeys" because, although they look like azaleas, they are in the monkey flower family

Jeffery cut down a few dead trees to use for the bridge on the Tobin Trail

he skinned them the old fashioned way, with his draw knife

the first log is set on it's base

Roger tests the bridge so far

Jeffery, the bridge builder

while Jeffery worked on the bridge, Roger built up a very skinny section of trail (he is going down the hill for his bottle of water that he dropped)

later in the day, Jeffery and I hiked up to see what the guys had accomplished.  Compare these to the photos in the earlier blog post I put up.

there it is, the bridge over Colby Creek.  So much easier and nicer!!!!

I feel no vertigo or nervousness.  Jeffery and I added "straps" underneath to stabilize it.

looking at the bridge from the other direction; prior to Roger's work, this trail to the bridge was (to use Karl VP's phrase) like the bramble bush Prince Charming had to cut through to get to Sleeping Beauty.

The trail Roger improved.

On Opening Day of Fishing Season, Kathy, Jeffery and I went to Caribou Crossroads for the yummy  pancake breakfast and a tour of the fishing crowds.  I took a three mile hike while they drove up the road.

this is the creek with the smelly-good wild azaleas, so we had to go sniff them

here's Kathy getting a whiff; it smells like Hawaii, spring, and honeysuckle, all at the same time.

Jeffery admires the flora and the diamond-sparkling water

right below the azalea is a "Japanese symbols rock".  Don't the markings look like Japanese writing?  It was more see-able in person without the water shine on it.

I love water!  I love the sparkles on a sunny day.  I love the sound!

the geranium Sara gave me last year bloomed on May 1st!  Happy May to you all.