The final two bridges on the snow machine trail near the bog. As a bonus, the map.

The least complicated, and representing a bit of overkill, is Delta. This is the last bridge installed and, as you can see, barely qualifies as a bridge. It is more of a platform. The major storm of the summer lifted the end closest to us and moved it to the left, toward the bog (and down stream). The ATV machiniacs are quickly destroying terrain when they proceed around the bridge, over the stream on the right. The stream cuts across the mid-section of the image, going from right to left. This bridge is the only one of the group not on the primary bog stream.

The bridge in the most serious trouble is Echo, and it has been this way for several years. It crosses the stream before the stream feeds into the beaver bog. All you see are the two trunks used as the primary spans and a couple of the remaining cross-piece decking. Mother Nature has had little to do with the failure of this bridge. It is on my neighbor’s property on the other side of the bog and I am pretty sure he has dismantled it (primarily by throwing the decking into the stream. I believe he originally allowed its construction but changed his mind when the ATVs kept riding on the trail near his house against his wishes.

Finally, the map of the bog area and the subject snow machine trail bridges. Preparing this map is a story by itself. I was testing the MotionX-GPS app for iPhone. You can see the track it recorded between Charlie and Echo; it is a mid-blue line with dotted line marking the trail on top. One can import the track into Google maps, create an image, then paste it into Sketchbook Pro on iPad and start drawing.