On the east side of the Orange Trail, crossing the creek has been difficult. Sometimes we've had just a couple boards, sometime a few boards nailed together to make a bridge of sorts, and sometimes nothing. Heavy rains can and do wash these things away. No more! The picture is of Daniel and Alex after completion of the new bridge. It's about 25 ft. long and 6 ft. wide. Some of the dimensions were dictated by the need to drive the lawn tractor across it. We needed 5 ft. of clearance between the posts and the ramps had to be gradual enough to keep the mower from bottoming out. We also had to make it tall enough to allow the water to go under it and strong enough to span the 12 ft. with no center posts. We tried several ideas and this is the final. Also, it's made from reclaimed wood. Alex had to remove a deck at a recent job and the wood was good enough to make the bridge. (It's only got about $130 in new material.) 
Of course now the west bridge is looking sorta second class.
Now - about this second picture -
Alex and Daniel found this guy when we were taking the tools away from the project after it was done. We don't know what kind it is but we do know he was almost six feet long! Not poisonous!
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