Rusty Sculpture Trail

Sunday we went on a hike to see if water was overflowing Lake Hodges Dam.

When it does, it is quite spectacular.

It is a rare occurrence.

San Diego is usually dealing with drought conditions.

On our block, we have more than a handful of neighbors who have already ripped up their lawns and gone xeriscape to limit water use.

The weather person presents our rainfall numbers in one hundredths of a percent, as in ‘today we had .07 percent rain fall at Lindbergh Field’.

In 2010, it rained and rained and then rained some more so it wasn’t unreasonable to think it might be overflowing the dam.

We started out at the southern point of the Del Dios Gorge Trail.

At eight in the morning it was quiet, except for birds, and still a bit muddy.

Lots of green so it was easy to forget about the wild fires that passed through here…until you happened upon a charred tree.

 Made it to the dam.

The water level was high but no,

...it hadn’t reached the top.

What was surprising was the number of rusty ‘sculptures’ along the trail.

The bed frame.

The bicycle.

The vehicle.

Expected an abundance of water and came across a collection of rust...