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SANDY FALLS 2003
Anyone
that has lived in Sturgeon for long enough has probably been to Sandy Falls at one point or another, and
if you’ve been there then you must be aware that that the bridge has been
removed for many years. So you
either have to walk from the culvert, go around it to the right if you have
a small 4X4 pickup such as myself, or you can do a full circle around
through the dump and come in upstream.
It’s only a 10 minute walk (2 minute drive) from the culvert to
Sandy compared to a 20 minute drive going around upstream, however it’s
worth the drive. Above shows Cally
standing in the box of my truck and a huge rusted old culvert behind him. In the pictures below we’re standing in
the culvert.
 
In this picture I’m passing through a little wash
out on the way to Sandy going around from
upstream
You can easily get stuck in a mud hole such as
this one, even with a 4x4, and especially in the spring which is when this
was picture was taken
After
either crossing the culvert or entering from upstream you will have to head
down the main trail for Sandy. This
trail has been washed out for many years with a huge mud hole that was approx.
1 1/2 ft. deep with soft mud/clay & had a ft. of water just sitting on
top. It has become a real pain-in-the-ass to go around because it pulls you
right into the center, so I decided to fix it and drain out the water.
It
didn’t take too much work (approx. 8 hrs), and as you can see in the
pictures it was muddy! The ones
below show it pretty much drained out and me standing at the end in what
used to be 2-3 ft. of mud! After we
drained out the water we then filled in the hole with huge logs which we
grabbed off the side of the old rail bed in a nearby marsh.
All that work really paid off though as now we can
drive right to Sandy!
Ahhhh…. and now to enjoy the fruits of our labour…
Nevertheless there was still some work to do. The rock in the back of my truck shown
below probably weighs about 300 lbs or more, and we rolled it out of the bush
and on to the rail bed, then threw it in the box which wasn’t easy! We also grabbed a big log so now there
are seats for around the fire. We
only hope that others that come here will respect the area and not destroy
or burn anything!
Looks good eh?
Of course I bring my own chair though. Much more relaxing!
Now it’s time for a little swim...
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