The child and I take a break from unpacking boxes to go and survey the damage of the other sections of the Puyallup Riverfront Trail.
Phase II of the Puyallup Riverfront Trail appears to have taken a fair amount of damage from the flooding, as it has in past floods. Where once was a neatly manicured and landscaped lawn is now a thick layer of silt and mud.
The beginning of Phase III is next to an RV park. The trailers and motor homes were moved in time, but the lots they sat on are buried in mud. Maintenance workers and owners are clearing mud and digging out utility hookups.
A parking lot near the beginning of Phase III is buried beneath two feet of mud.
The end of Phase III, near Sumner, was also buried.
The trail at the end of Phase III appeared to have suffered the most damage. Hear the river toppled a concrete garbage can that was glued down, in addition to shifting and cracking the asphalt.
The Riverwalk may end at the boundary between Puyallup and Sumner, but it still endures.
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