Just past the halfway point to the damsite, the trail crosses a small stream. At one time there was a small dam here where water was diverted into the irrigation ditch. At various times there have been rickety bridges built across this stream. Members of my scout troop built one of these structures in the summer of 1974. If we had used larger stringers and had peeled the bark from the wood, the bridge might have been serviceable for a long time.
Today there is no sign of it.
Its decaying members must have washed out in the big rains of 1988 if not before. Here the trail goes over the ridge and down the other side to meet up with the ditch. Here also the ditch goes through a long tunnel, between 1000 and 2000 feet, to the other side of the ridge. Usually this tunnel has water ankle deep or higher at the entrance which discourages hikers from going through it. It's dry only during times of drought.