Today, we took a Sunday afternoon drive on this fine Spring day. We stopped first at a wayside north of Stillwater. Found a bridge going over a deep ravine with this huge tree growing up.
To get an idea of the size of it, we walked down a stairway and could get right up next to it. It's not too often I have seen tree trunks this size in the Midwest.
Here is another photo from the bottom of the ravine showing the cliffs and St. Croix River.
A few months ago on HGTV, I saw a view of the High Bridge from a property they were showing a couple. Since then we have tried to see it from the Wisconsin side without any luck. In asking around, today we found the "half mile trail" going to the river. Of course getting there was downhill. Here are some scenes along the path.
At the top of steep path going down, we came to a fork in the path. The left side looked very steep, so I took the right path. Paul decided to stay in place while I went down to view the bridge. The path I took was a longer walk, but not as steep. I even had to use my balance beam talent to cross a gurgling brook. Very picturesque.
Finally I got down by the shoreline to see the bridge! I ran into a guy on the path and he told me he was up on the bridge last week walking across it. And just after he got to the other side a train came through. He didn't know it was a "live" bridge!
On the way back, I decided to take the steeper path back to Paul. I could see him and it took me a while to crawl back up. Yes, there were spots I had to crawl. We took our time walking back up hill to the car and were rewarded with some more nature beauty shots.
Once home, we rewarded with more beauty right outside our main door. Today is Mother's Day and moms and grandmas are the stars of the day! I am sure your mom is as beautiful as this "star." I am sure you put a spring in her step today!
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