August 30, 2015

  • Apocalyptic

    One of the things I love most about geocaching is when we stumble upon something cool we didn't know was there. Some of the coolest things we've found have been abandoned roads and bridges, allowed to stand and be reclaimed by nature as they are forgotten by people. There's a post-apocalyptic feel to a man-made structure that's in the process of reverting to grass and trees. It's a weird mix of sadness for what once was and hope that nature will always bounce back.

    Today we found such a place. We were looking for a cache under a bridge, but we were hot and tired, it was getting late in the day, the GPS signal was bouncing all over the place thanks to the trees, water and bridge structure, a wild turkey was guarding the area, and the instructions on the cache page were vague. All that to say, we didn't find the cache. We did, however, find the remnants of an older bridge a few yards away that was once what cars on that road crossed to get over the creek.

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    All other signs of the old road are gone and vines, moss, grass and trees are slowly covering this forgotten old bridge. All in all, I'm happier finding this than if we'd found the cache.

Comments (10)

  • Somehow I imagine that cache just underneath the center of the bridge. Sorry you didn't find it -- but this bridge is magnificent :-) ! Did you take a picture of the wild turkey too?

  • Really is a great shot! Maybe I'll add "post apocalyptic photo book" to my list of "things to do someday."

  • The road to nowhere.

    I like your last sentence of the first paragraph.

  • @slmret: No, he faded into the brush as we got out of the van. But I was expecting him to show up with every step we took under the newer bridge.

  • @BookMark61: We'll have to go back out to that other abandoned bridge. There's another one near it... with a cache... I've got that area in mind for October or November.

  • @Crystalinne: I always think of the scene in The Sword of Shannara. I bought that book when it was first published and that scene has stuck in my head all these years. I should find it and re-read it.

  • Very nice photo! The light was perfect!! You are so right that you can find the most amazing spots and interesting things when caching. It is heartening to see nature creeping in and taking over what was once untouched...

  • Such a lovely place!

  • Nice photo, really suits the writing and the feel of your adventures geocaching.

    So much of our world is coated in a layer of dust every day - space dust from the sun rains down an imperceptible layer microns thick.

    after a while whole civilisations disappear beneath it.

    In ireland we have moss that grows like some sort of advanced carpet, it freezes in winder and expands in the cracks and breaks down everything we build.

    you would love Ireland cause consistently it looks like nature is trying to bury us alive.

    thanks for sharing

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