Sundial Bridge

We visited this unique bridge in Redding on the Sacramento river.  It is the only bridge of its type in the United States.  No posts touch the water and the bridge adjusts itself of load capacity and direction of the sun.  It is a pedestrian bridge and can handle more that 6000 people.  It appeared to have alternating panels of plexiglass and aluminum on the floor of the structure and you could see the water below which was moving very fast while we were there.  There are 82 miles of paved and unpaved walkways surrounding this bridge in Turtle Bay Exploration Park.  There is also a museum, an arboretum and botanical gardens.  We walked across the bridge and let Buddy go for a tethered swim in the Sacramento River.  We walked one trail along the river and read interesting signs along the way about the local indians, plants, insects, and facts about the rock mining they did in this area to collect gravel and rock to build the Shasta Dam.