walking the bridge

The pics are in from the tour of town. There's a home-made suspension bridge that crosses the Verde River right across the street from the school. Now, most of the time, this 'river' is more of a slow moving creek. When it's January and February or during the monsoon season - this lazy little creek is a class 5 rapids. One of my colleagues lives across from the river. When it floods, the waters rise about 12-16 feet above the level of the road. So instead of driving (swimming) and getting killed, the residents cross the bridge that's about a 1/4 mile long.

Yup, that there's chicken wire, 2x4's, plywood, and a steel cable the thickness of my index finger.