Providence's East Side Oddities

Gerv and his friend Harkins came down from Maine yesterday to check out a few local spots. We started the day off at The Seekonk River Bascule Bridge. 

After shooting the bridge, we followed the tracks down to the East Side Rail Tunnel.

Once we finished the tunnel, we headed back out to the train bridge to await Clahhhkie and CJ. During this time, Gerv and Harkins headed back to Maine, tired from the long trip. We chilled here for a bit, and shot some random chick doing yoga higher on the bridge than most of my friends will go.

 

Clahhhkie then told us he found a spot with some rad graffiti, so we headed that way. Turns out, I'd been here before with ClimbingDoug, but somehow missed all the graffiti. We shot that for a bit, then headed back home. All in all, another decent trip.

 

BackWash Tidal Drain

As stated in the last post(Gerv's Steel Mill), CJ and I went to maine to visit the founder of UE Magazine, Gerv. He told us about a local tidal drain he'd played in a few times, so we decided to check it out. I'd never messed with tidal drains before, mainly cause I was too lazy to look up tidal charts to ensure I didn't die. Gerv, on the other hand was smart enough.

 I led the way in, noticing eels, and crabs moving around in the small stream of water trickling down the middle of the drain. I never drained with so much wildlife before. 

Ahead of us, we could hear a loud flow of water, so I knew there was a waterfall ahead at some point. I expected it to be a small flow of water, running over a slanted ledge, like the drains I'm used to, but what we found was a 10 foot tall waterfall of CSO. We did our best to shoot it, in the cramped conditions, while being covered in a constant mist from the falls and headed back out into the sunlight. 

Totally worth it.

You can find Gerv's photos and write up from the trip here on his blog:

http://gervs.com/2012/07/15/mass-maine-connection-july-2012/