Klein Creek

The rush of water under the bridge was very audible. The water on the western side of the creek at the bridge flows faster, since the rest of the width is somewhat blocked by rocks. You can see the turbulence in the photo that’s looking along the bridge to the shore and the photo of the downstream side of the bridge with the green patch of grass in the middle. I also included a zoomed photo of the dam-like waterfall upstream around the bend.

The wind blew the bucket under the bridge and made dipping the bucket into the water a little more challenging. In one photo looking straight down you can see the rope dangling with the bucket out of sight under the bridge.

The bugs are getting more noticeable. I saw a number of ants and bees on my way to the bridge.

The trail was mostly dry.

I could hear the water rushing as I approached the bridge. The noise was partly from a short waterfall at the point the creek disappeared from sight upstream from the bridge. I hadn't noticed it before, so it might be new.

The gravel lot I usually park in now has "not a parking lot" signs, so I parked at Kline Creek Farm up the trail.

There was some thin ice on the side streams. The trail leading to the creek (crushed limestone, I believe) was very soft and damp, I assume from melted snow.

The smaller streams on both sides were covered with ice near where they fed into the creek, which you may be able to see in the photo.

Most of the creek was flowing. More ice than last time covered the side areas, even some on the main body of the creek. There was some new driftwood in the middle of the creek with a couple of fishing lines attached.

A muskrat swam to the stream bank and cleaned itself for several minutes.

On the smaller streams that fed into the creek, there was some ice on the edges of the water.

I forgot to pour out a couple of vial-fulls to clean the vial this time before testing a sample.

On the test strip there was a small pale patch above the 3.6 line, but there seemed to be a gap under it, so I didn't count it in the reading.

Duplicate test strip: 3.4 Quantab = 119 PPM.

I smelled the same watery smell as last time. I heard cicadas.

I smelled a faint scent of flowers and whatever aroma I associate with fresh water.

This is a nice spot to hear the creek babbling. The water has just enough turbulence.