For more than a hundred years the Grays River Covered Bridge has kept travelers safe and dry in this particularly soggy corner of the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1905, this is the only covered bridge still in use by vehicles in Washington State. The quiet pastoral valley of the Grays River is a bucolic reminder of a vanishing chapter in history.


Usually when I've visited this bridge in the past it's been either too rainy (hence why the bridge is covered) or there have been too many people swimming under and around the bridge to fly. Last week I finally lucked out and had the place to myself. Flying under the bridge was easy enough, but I chickened out about 1/3 of the way when trying to fly through it.  I often get the impression when flying in confined spaces that the drone is drifting, or I'm not centered in the space and will eventually run into a wall. Some day I'd like to try flying FPV drones so that I could get more dynamic shots in confined spaces.



I've also posted a small photo gallery on my blog: https://illuminationsfromtheattic.blogspot.com/2019/07/grays-river-covered-bridge.html

Hi, thanks for sharing this beautiful place with us. Nice work! Cheers!

Great work!  I do like those old covered bridges.

Fabulous footage, well done

Wonderful footage!

Nice video, there so many haystacks on the field. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome footage!

DJI Panda Posted at 8-1 03:19
Nice video, there so many haystacks on the field. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you - yes, I was fortunate to fly when the hay bales were in the field to create such interesting patterns.

nilsonleow Posted at 8-1 04:49
Awesome footage!

Thank you!

Illuminations Posted at 8-1 20:02
Thank you!

You're welcome!

Cool! Awesome video, nice work

jacksonnai Posted at 8-2 05:22
Cool! Awesome video, nice work

Thank you!

Great footage

ShermanFlyer Posted at 8-3 04:11
Great footage

Thank you!

Illuminations Posted at 8-2 19:49
Thank you!

You're welcome

Illuminations Posted at 8-4 18:28
Thank you!

You're welcome