Alum Cove

Since I was in the area, I decided to make a quick visit to Alum Cove. The trail is popular, and the star attraction is the massive natural bridge. There was a good little crowd of people mingling around the bridge, and while waiting for people to disperse I spotted this leaf laying on top of a log that was covered with thick moss.



The natural bridge is 130 feet long and 20 feet wide, big enough that you could actually drive a car across it (if you could manage to get it down the hill, of course). Apparently this was once a large cave, but the center section of the roof collapsed and left behind the large arch.



And the view from the other side, where a little waterfall spilled over the edge and then flowed under the bridge.