One of the nice things about walking on Trustees Road is that you don't have to carry water. There is a never-ending flow of clean water coming from this pipe about halfway down the road and off in the bushes.
And it's free!
The water comes up from an artesian well
then it flows through the pipe toward the wetland
and finally splashes over some rocks and is enjoyed by passers-by both human and non-human, including yours truly. Gravity leads the runoff into the wetland. Sometimes the place is full of birds, so I sat and waited with my camera ready for birds to come. They must all have been busy elsewhere. Soon 2 thirsty boys stopped for a drink from the artesian well.
Thirsty boy #1
Thirsty boy #2 As I was putting my camera away 3 adult bikers arrived to fill their water bottles. I have been assured (by Steve Engelbright no less) that the water is safe to drink. Amazing when you think of the population here on the Island. This is one of those unexpected little pleasures you come across in our neck of the woods.
4 comments:
Our friends have a house in Vermont on a lake and they have one of these down the road, we walked there every morning to fill up old milk cartons.
Water tastes so good without chlorine, doesn't it?
How delightful! And what a rarity these days with all the ground water tables going down.
The last time I was lucky enough to see a water flow like this was years ago when I lived for a year or so in south Jersey. The house had a fountain in the yard that was activated by a pipe just stuck into the ground with the runoff flowing into the river nearby. They had a valve on it so you could turn it off. Really fine!
yeah we have a well at home so I don't really know any better!
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