Good Bye Old Friend

Good Bye Old Friend, a photo by pdecell on Flickr.

This is what's left of the old boardwalk at Baker Wetlands, south of 31st St in Lawrence. It is being dismantled to make way for the east leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway.

My son and I spent much time here when he was growing up and it was one of my favorite photo areas. Sure there is a new fancy board walk in the mitigation area but it is not as intimate, being higher above the wetlands. Maybe when the new wetland areas are better established it won't seem so out of place. Maybe other parents and children will make find it a friend as we found the old boardwalk.

Good bye old friend.

Water Lily at Baker Wetland

Water Lily at Baker Wetland, a photo by pdecell on Flickr.

It was a perhaps 108F in the shade. About an hour and a half was about all I could stand. Most of the critters had a lot more sense than me.