I'd love to write about how cool this drain was... how it went on and on forever, and was full of all kinds of interesting features. But it didn't, and it wasn't. Don't get me wrong, it was still fun to explore... but with the Omega Drain just down the street, there's not much going for the Adventure Drain.

Ok, that's not true. The Adventure Drain starts out with cool stone walls, is plenty tall, and is easy to walk in without getting your feet wet. Also, it is full of interesting graffiti. Most is in red spray paint, informing  explorers of impending adventure (hence the name). This graffiti is all through the drain. Also, there is a very well-done painting of a naked lady. Normally I wouldn't mention something like this, but this painting is obviously very old - probably as old as the drain - and was done by someone who possessed real talent. Unfortunately, time has not been good to our lady, as she has been defaced with spray paint and some sort of black tar. Oh well.

Like I said, the drain starts out as a stonewall. This eventually transitions to an old concrete box tunnel... cast in place, not pre-cast. Originally, the stonewall section would have been an open channel, the ceiling having been added at a later date. Stonewall Drain in Charlottesville is the same way. The transition from stone to concrete occurs where (I believe) railroad tracks pass overhead, and there are still the remnants of wooden piers in the floor of the drain, which were probably part of a railroad bridge over this creek (pre-dating the drain's construction, of course).

Eventually, the drain forked, with the right fork being only crawling height, and the left fork shrinking to a less-than-fun crouching height.

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