Sandbar hunt on the Root River off Hwy. 16.
About 3-4 miles west of Houston where the bike trail takes a right angle from Hwy. 16 toward the Root River–very noticeable. Point of interest, we have like 65 miles of paved bicycle trails through Bluff Country! Gorgeous scenery, B&Bs, Amish colony, 18,000 people in the whole of Fillmore County, 19,000 in Houston. 🙂 750 miles of creeks and river that are prime trout fishing! Campgrounds, parks, hiking trails, horse trails, birdwatching, pretty much an outdoor person’s paradise! Check us out on BluffCountryWoman.com for adventure and fun in Bluff Country!
It is a nice little walk to the Root River, perhaps 1/8 to 1/4 mile under a canopy of trees.
On to the bike trail bridge.
The bridge is very nice, high guard rails–don’t get distracted by the riprap. Yes, it is fossilized but too big to carry out!
Sandbar off to right from bridge view.
Here is the sandbar as viewed from the bridge.
Here is the scene from the end of the bridge. Yes, you have to traverse the riprap. OR, the easier,
End of bike trail bridge.
softer way is to go down the concrete bridge thingy–not slippery. Word of caution is the wild parsnip (AKA cow parsnip) especially on sweaty skin it can cause blistering. Wear insect repellant as this is by the river-BUGS.
Wild Parsnip AKA Cow Parsnip – BAD
This washes regularly, ever time there is high water–this year, that is
Sandbar
a lot!
Looking for fossils–uhh sparkley creek rock 😀
And you just walk along and look for fossils!
However, I immediately got distracted. Sparkley creek rock! Galore! This is my first love for
Sparkely crick rock – Just doesn’t show in photos!
hunting rock! My mother used to take us kids out looking for sparkley creek (crick as we call it here) rock for her rock gardens with moss roses. I LOVE sparkley crick rock! Too heck with fossils! LOL 😀
Fossils and…???
Yes, a worn horn coral and worn recept–I think. But the sparkley crick rocks are awesome! Hard
More worn river rock some fossils.
to find by the way. Actually harder to find than fossils around here!
And someone once told me that they are only around southeastern Minnesota. Do I believe that? I don’t know, but we do have them! And I have lived a lot of places and never seen them elsewhere, so…. I’m happy!
Worn horn coral and receptaculitis?
