This island is absolutely irresistable to young boys. It is not unusual to find crudely built stone or log bridges to the island. Forts are occasionally built as well. There is absoutely no harm in this, and this is what our stream valley should be all about - a safe, beautiful, and fun place to hike and play.
This island also attracts the paintballer crowd from time to time. For reasons unknown, these teen-age boy almost always leave trash behind, which volunteers promptly remove.
This is a beautiful section of the creek and must have been spectacular when it was virgin forest.
The photo to the left is looking uphill to the right just upstream from the island. These homes on Marblestone Drive have been built right on the edge of a cliff that the stream is steadily eroding. Note the graffiti. As far as we know, these homes are not in danger. There is an unsubstantiated report that they were once condemned until the concrete retaining wall was built.
