Thursday, October 4, 2007

The Wall.


Things get a little tight going through Gilman. Years ago, not even the most agile Jeep could get through here. Travel through here was by foot, and with care. There were, however, substantial lumber interests that needed an outlet for timber taken from the forests behind this rock.

It was a great deal of hard and dangerous work, but two tunnels have been blasted through the rocks. Once I get around this corner the road will continue through the tunnels. If you know what you are doing, and have sufficient nerve, you can get all the way to the top of the canyon wall seen in the center of the picture (the portion showing some blue sky). As you might imagine, the view from the top is spectacular.

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