Monday, February 24, 2025

Rocks, river, duck

That said, this island surrounds me with beauty; so healing!. Here, views seen in a brief stop while I was looking for lichens along the river bank; the exit from the narrow gorge:

Campbell River, coming out into the open. With bufflehead. The sign reads, "Warning", and then (unreadable from here) a notice about a siren announcing sudden volume changes. The flow can go quickly from a usual 80 cubic metres per second to 128 m³/s. Retreat to higher ground!

A wider view, with the Canyonview bridge far above. A long staircase leads up the hill to cross it and access a trail going along the far side of the river.

Ghostly trees on the far side of the river at this point. Red alders, bearing their spring-blooming brownish pink catkins and last winter's cones.

And I climbed those stairs again. Views from up top, tomorrow.

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Esta isla me rodea de belleza. Esto es lo que vi cuando me detuve un momento durante una búsqueda de líquenes cerca del rio.
  1. El rio Campbell sale del cañón. Con un porrón coronado. El letrero lee —AVISO — y luego (esto apenas se puede leer a esta distancia) una advertencia; el corriente puede aumentarse súbitamente, pasando del acostumbrado 80 metros cúbicos por segundo a unos 128 m³/s en poco tiempo. ¡Retírense a un sitio fuera de su alcance!
  2. Una vista más amplia, incluyendo el puente "Vista del Cañón". Una escalera larga sube por la ladera a la izquierda, para cruzar el puente y seguir un sendero que sube el cerro al otro lado del rio.
  3. Árboles blanqueados al lado opuesto del rio. Son alisos rojos, y llevan los amentos de esta primavera, color café con tonos de rosa, y algunos de las piñitas del año pasado.
Y luego subí la escalera. La vista desde arriba, la dejo para mañana.



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