This is a 360 degree pan from the center of The Verde River Sheep Bridge. The river parallels the bridge for a bit before it heads south again under the middle. It's easy to see why they chose this spot. The natural rock features are perfect bridge supports and seem to control the river's course. Deep pools and eddies are all aroud this area with shallow riffles found just a bit further up and downstream. Even with all the rain, the river seemed calm and gentle. The banks were completely choked with vegetation except on a flood plain. It would have been exciting to see the river's other side from the night before.

After I did a Google search for some history on the bridge. I had all sorts of fun checking out all the bridges on BridgeMeister.com. There are tons more photos of this bridge including the original structure complete with a couple 1970s hippies! I'm glad I didn't spend all day shooting the bridge. The photos on BridgeMeister are awesome. Every angle, every feature.

The link above is from Patrick S. O'Donnel who drove 2326 miles from Pennsylvania to Sedona and then another 83 miles to visit this great bridge. Patrick has over 600 bridges on his BridgeMeister site. Still, you have really got to love bridges to drive across the country for 40 hours to see one.

And it's worth it, but I only drove 160 miles round trip from north Phoenix. Such a cool place to have in your backyard. This part of the Bloody Basin is a very nice area with some cool state history, smack dab in the middle of Nowhere, Arizona. Just the kind of place I love.