Comments on: 3rd Wailua Bridge http://great-hikes.com/blog/3rd-wailua-bridge/ Living and hiking on the island of Kauai Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:03:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Mark http://great-hikes.com/blog/3rd-wailua-bridge/#comment-21 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:13:05 -0400 http://great-hikes.com/blog/3rd-wailua-bridge/#comment-21 It's amazing that nature can start taking back a lump of concrete that size in less than a century. I wonder how long our traces would last if we all disappeared tomorrow. It’s amazing that nature can start taking back a lump of concrete that size in less than a century. I wonder how long our traces would last if we all disappeared tomorrow.

]]> by: Mom http://great-hikes.com/blog/3rd-wailua-bridge/#comment-23 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 05:01:42 -0400 http://great-hikes.com/blog/3rd-wailua-bridge/#comment-23 How quickly the remnants of civilization endure depends a lot on where they are. 150 years later it is still possible to see some of the tracks of the Oregon Trail in the Great Plains where it is mostly a dry climate. In the hot, wet, jungle climate of the Yucatan the vegetation almost totally reclaimed the Maya landmarks. How quickly the remnants of civilization endure depends a lot on where they are. 150 years later it is still possible to see some of the tracks of the Oregon Trail in the Great Plains where it is mostly a dry climate. In the hot, wet, jungle climate of the Yucatan the vegetation almost totally reclaimed the Maya landmarks.

]]> by: Andy http://great-hikes.com/blog/3rd-wailua-bridge/#comment-25 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 07:05:37 -0400 http://great-hikes.com/blog/3rd-wailua-bridge/#comment-25 The Wailua river by the coast is relatively dry and breezy, so I don't think the bridge footing will be grown over anytime soon. Like the Maya landmarks of stone, concrete doesn't really decay, but it can disappear under the vegetation. I have pictures of other old bridges in rainy places that I should post here. The river might undermine this bridge, but then again it seems well built against this very purpose and it is protected by the footing of the newer bridge. Whether grown over or just out of out of sight, what fascinates me is how and why the human landscape can be so quickly forgotten. Another example is the <a href="http://great-hikes.com/blog/?p=37" rel="nofollow">log path</a> that I already wrote about. The Wailua river by the coast is relatively dry and breezy, so I don’t think the bridge footing will be grown over anytime soon. Like the Maya landmarks of stone, concrete doesn’t really decay, but it can disappear under the vegetation. I have pictures of other old bridges in rainy places that I should post here.

The river might undermine this bridge, but then again it seems well built against this very purpose and it is protected by the footing of the newer bridge. Whether grown over or just out of out of sight, what fascinates me is how and why the human landscape can be so quickly forgotten. Another example is the log path that I already wrote about.

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