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This time around I actually brought my tripod for a change. Usually Phil is the only one who gets any good shots like this. |
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It was cold in here. |
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Another inlet of a similar size as above, but note the mineral formation all across this wall and even into the path of the pipe. There's a lip more than two inches wide (pipe is about 24") of this calcium. |
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Pretty big tunnel. You could bike this... |
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...except for the fact you'd eventually hit this ledge Phil's standing on. |
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It's out here in a courtyard among the hospital and other medical buildings. We had a hell of a time getting up here. Phil managed to use the log between he and Amber as a steep ramp. I had to push Amber with Phil pulling, then he had to pull me as well. |
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Here's a look back from the top of the ledge, just inside the next set of tunnels. Downstream are the set we entered from. |
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Amber spots a swallow's nest. |
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Windows looking across the series of parallel tunnels. |
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Now we're a little further along looking upstream at the next (much longer) stretch of the journey. Incidentally, we were really out in the open in this spot, and I was convinced the patrolling security (i.e., golf cart cops) had spotted us, but I guess they weren't looking down here. |
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The part pictured above must be relatively new. I have even seen aerial photos that look like the first stretch used to just be a ditch in a field. At the end of where the ditch once was is this older, arched section of the tunnel. |
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Slightly better scale reference. Also one of the few pictures of me since I'm usually taking them. |
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Plugged up, but not until sometime after 1976 since that's when the graffiti dates from (see below). |
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That looks gross, but it's just concrete. |
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One of the few small inlets that isn't plugged up. |
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A hypodermic needle. I'm guessing this is more likely from the hospital(s) nearby then from a druggie, but who knows. This was too far upstream to be from someone looking for a quiet spot to shoot up. |
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Continue to Part II |