It was a walk in the park, part two

San Dieguito River Park

Yesterday, after we walked through Kit Carson Park, Jerry suggested another hike.

We went home to swap our flip-flops for shoes and headed to the south side of the Westfield North County mall (Kit Carson Park is just to the north of the mall).

We took a walk on part of the North Shore Lake Hodges segment of the Trails of the San Dieguito River Park. This is a park that eventually will go from the ocean at Del Mar to Julian.

We had started out just to walk across the David Kreitzer Bridge over Lake Hodges. This is the longest stressed ribbon bridge in the world. When I drive to work each morning I see a patch of green in the lake near the bridge. I wanted to see what is flourishing in the middle of the lake.

Here is Lake Hodges to the east of Interstate 15.

It's kind of low this year.

This is what it looks like beneath Interstate 15.

The David Kreitzer bridge from the south side of Lake Hodges.

The stressed ribbon design gives us a bridge with only two supports, long spans, and a very low profile. This minimizes the bridge's effect on the lake.

Here's a view of the bridge from the bridge.

Here's the patch of green I see from my car. It's a little island!

We saw what we came for!

But wait, there's more to the trail. Why don't we walk a little more?

We passed a sign that should make Colleen happy to see.

*sniffle*

The required panorama made from six shots stitched together.

There were flowers.

Here's a Google Map of our little walk.

View Lake Hodges Hike in a larger map
(Zoom out or click on the link to see the whole trip.)

We just had to keep seeing what is around the next bend. Apparently it was almost four miles out and nearly that back. We drank a lot of water when we got back home. It was a nice day in the parks.