A Swinging Good Time at the Taccoa River Suspension Bridge
- Lester Martin
Took a little trip up to around Blue Ridge, Georgia, to see the Taccoa River Swinging Bridge on the Benton MacKaye Trail (BMT).
Not more than a couple hundred of yards into the walk I heard a noise something like a very loud cicada was heard just a few yards in front of me and then I saw him; a diamondback rattlesnake. I slowly backed up and he eventually started crossing the trail.
A few folks stopped coming up the trail and we all watched this beauty. Some a bit closer than I thought was a good idea. Thankfully, nobody got hurt.
I was glad the next creature was just a little caterpillar This one looked pretty unique.
Finally made it to the bridge and it did not disappoint.
Looking up and you can see a plaque stating the bridge was built in 1977.
Looking down and you can see it was built to last.
I paused as I got to the center of the bridge.
Beautiful looking upstream to the left…
Even more beautiful look downstream to the right!
On the other side the BMT continues on.
My stop was on the left to see the tiny little cascading waterfall.
A beautiful view of the bridge from down at water level.
It was a short little hike and it was a blast to cross back over this beauty.