Saturday, October 08, 2011

Broken Bridge

I went over to check out the bridge to Loon over the Pemigawasset River.  It was a lovely day.







From the Loon side, it all looks kind of OK at first (if you don't mind that the casements for the bridge supports are perhaps a bit asymmetrical).

So I went further downstream to get a better view.

The trees are starting to change color, and the river is full of great boulders and rocks.

Looking downstream, it's just lovely: 




But looking back upstream, I can finally see that yes, they were not kidding.  The bridge legitimately needs to be closed to pedestrians and cars at this time.  There is a big chunk missing on the highway side.





Muted colors of driftwood and river stones (no, this is not a ssssnake):

Closeup of swirling currents.

Just a few clouds in the azure sky:


I think this tree was washed up during Tropical Storm Irene:


A cairn to guide visitors to the river's edge?  Or the sad memento of a snowsick wanderer (in the sense of homesick rather than seasick)?




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