Spring Walk from Sins to Rotkreuz along the Reuss River

Saturday March 28 -- It's supposed to get cold next week (i.e. first week of April), our "second winter" with snow right down to the low levels, just like last year. So on this perhaps last nice day of a very balmy March we were able to get out for a couple of hours. Not far away, just 20 minutes by train to the Reuss River nearby, where we walked along a surprisingly nice riverbank trail from Sins (a medieval toll city with its lovely wooden covered bridge) upstream approx. 7 km to Rotkreuz from where it's also only 10 minutes by train back to near our home.

It's always a nice reminder that we don't have to travel far to experience the little pleasures we get from being in nature: The sudden bursting of little white and purple flowers all over the forest floor, the first blossoming trees like adorned brides, and the revival of the trees and bushes with the inevitable and sudden emergence of leaves of all shades of green at various stages of new birth. Here along the river we were once again accompanied by the soothing sound of the current and for most part far enough away from the road so we did not hear the traffic.

The only downside maybe is that the air has been fairly hazy lately, which is a shame because along this stretch of the river you can see the Alps on a nice clear day.

Everything is looking like Spring

Although this construction is from the 19th Century, the original bridge over the Reuss River here was built in mid-15th Century and was for a long time the only bridge between Bremgarten and Gisikon (a distance of ca. 30 km). 

We are always pleased when our walks include a covered wooden bridge

The sign says "1 hour 50 minutes" to Rotkreuz, and that is exactly how long it took us.

After crossing the Reuss River on the wooden bridge, the rest of our walk was southward along this side of the river, i.e. upstream

All excited aber the new and fresh greens!

There were a few other walkers and several bikers along this trail

We were surprised at how pleasant the trail was (we thought we'd be on a road like the one on the left the whole way). And there was little noise from any traffic as the roads were further away.

Along the man-made dike (to prevent widespread flooding when the river gets high) the bank was covered with white and purple flowers!

This looked quite magical

Usually I don't like walks along rivers, but there were so many interesting sections

Here in particular there were several splashes of green!

Lots more green interspersed with blossoming bushes

An old mill (converted to residence) close to the end of our walk

So pretty

Just over 7 km to walk along the Reuss River from Sins to Rotkreuz, then only 10 minutes by train back to near home

And this is what the lawn in our apartment complex looks like...

Several years ago (January 2014), I walked a different stretch along the Reuss River, starting further North in Mühlau and walking to Sins. Also 7 km, which I did on my own (definitely better to have a walking partner). But at that time the air was clear and you could see the mountains. 

Late afternoon on my walk along the Reuss River in January 2014

On my walk along the Reuss River in Januar 2014, the air was much clearer and you could see the mountains quite well