One
day in December, it was such
a beautiful morning, we just had to go out for a hike. We remembered a
place we
had been wanting to visit for a long time, so we headed out towards the
Carmel
Mountain Range.
The
Bridges Park, Nesher
Nahal
Katia
in the Carmel range is indeed a dry riverbed, but it is not a
disappointment.
The short gorge begins at the top of the Carmel, north of the Talalim
Mountain (Haifa University) and flows east into the Nahal
Nesher
channel. To the south of it is the eyesore of the Nesher Quarry, to the
west
rises the University Tower and to the north are the neighborhoods of
Nesher.
In
the past this forgotten gorge was
a contractors' waste-dumping spot, and later the engineers of the city
of Nesher
planned to build residential neighborhoods there. But today, thanks to
the Jewish
National Fund, there is an urban park in the heart of the
forest: hiking
trails, a scenic path along which there are seating areas, bird
feeders, picnic
spots, water fountains, special play facilities for children, and the
highlight
of it all - the hanging bridges over the
gorge.