On the road to the "trailhead" - looking across the valley to Mt Hood Fog in the valley floor - we were amazed at the weather Looking up the wash creek basin The end of the road - the start of our journey! We fought this (and worse) most of the day - the trail is REALLY getting overgrown. And then part of the "trail" looks like this - easy going, except for the mounds of rocky soil you have to walk over Found this laying in the dirt next to the first bridge over cedar creek The bridge over cedar creek and wash creek (they converge right before the bridge) Looking back at the alder thicket we came through The confluence of cedar and wash creeks Cedar Creek The end of the bridge got washed out - we are guessing in the '96 floods. All these bridges appear to have been built in 1978 Wash creek from the road. Wash creek Our first glimpse of the overturned bridge One of the footings still in the creek The log we crossed over the creek on - looking south down wash creek Looking south - Camelsback? Getting closer to the bridge The far end is actually twisted - it is upside down - the legs that were in the creek are pointing up This is where the bridge broke and twisted - there is lots of rebar in that concrete! Imagine how much force was required to do this! The end section that twisted upside down The log we crossed the creek on - yes we walked through all those alders! A blurry photo of the north end of the bridge - trees are growing in the underside of the bridge now! One last look at the bridge while hiking north up the old road I think this is shovel creek, but I'm not sure Fish creek at the bridge just past the confluence of fish and wash creeks - Looking north fish creek from the bridge just past the confluence - looking south. The track north of the bridge past the confluence - this is the section that the 4 wheelers were maintaining up until it was closed - you can see it is starting to get overgrown now. - It doesn't have as much traffic on it.