I hardly took any pictures today. I hiked a small portion of the Tioga segment of the North Umpqua Trail to Fern Falls. I had seen a picture and wasn’t expecting a whole lot. But I went anyway since I never had the time to check it out in the past. There wasn’t a lot of water in the creek, so it wasn’t anything special. Perhaps it looks better with more water. Anyway, that wasn’t the point. I just wanted to stroll along the trail. It was quite easy and pleasant provided that a person doesn’t mind some traffic noise from state route 138 across the river. There wasn’t a lot of river access on the portion that I hiked.

This felt like a very casual day. I didn’t have any particular things I needed to see. I didn’t even make plans for the day when I was preparing for the trip. Today was just supposed to be a day to hang out some place along the river. I checked out the new hiker bridge just west of Susan Creek. I saw it when I was up here last year. It was built in 2012 on top of the old pilings of a bridge that washed out in 1964. The new bridge is a beautiful, huge, wood arch suspension bridge. As substantial as it is, when I jumped up and down I could feel it moving, which sort of surprised me.

I finished the day strolling by the river at the Susan Creek day use area. I sat on a wood bench and gazed out at the river. I had my arms on the back of the bench, but something just wasn’t right. Someone was missing.

Had I known what I would choose for today’s picture I would have uploaded something else yesterday. Of course that’s hindsight. I didn’t really have anything else to choose today. I shot a few snapshots along the trail and a couple of quick reference pictures so I would remember what Fern Falls looks like. I only shot three scenic shots of the river, and they were all of the same rocks with slightly different compositions.