Return to Laurel Park in Stevens Creek Canyon

A return trip to this area to check out the dry creek channel to see if there was anything of interest to see in this area that couldn't be seen from the road.

There was a massive stone wall built along the creek bank near where the stone foundations were located. Also observed pieces of concrete rubble in the dry creek bed and even saw some of that as part of creek bank rip-rap. I suspect in days gone by, that sort of material was used for road and bank repairs. In the earlier video, I had seen some concrete slabs near the Laurel Park location that I thought might have been related. But now I don't think that's the case.

The USGS topo map in Gaia GPS shows 2 structures in the area of the stone foundations. Although that map shows them on the north side of the creek, I suspect they are really on the south side, between it and the road. I'm not sure what date that USGS topo was surveyed, but it also shows a few more structures that are no longer visible. The 1961 USGS topo map shows some details in this area, but the version available in GaiaGPS is missing this area.

Didn't see anything interesting in the area between the 2 bridges. Below the lower bridge, I did see that I was near a pond according to the GPS map. On the way up to that, I stumbled across an old road, both of will be investigated in upcoming videos.

County bridge information, 37C0604 and 37C0605:
https://bridgereports.com/ca/santa-clara/

More to come...
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