What a Ride!!

The tiny brown thing on the left in
 the picture is an old fee tube, the
 bubbles are holes drilled in the
concrete to release pressure so the
 water doesn't lift the ramp
 instead it comes up through them.

Yesterday, Saturday we headed to work, but instead of stopping at the booth we headed down to see the dam.  They have all the generators open and the over flow open, WOW, what a difference.  Our mild river is now raging.  We ended up being pretty busy on Saturday, a warm sunny day and the river is supposed to be great for the rafters, but not so great for fishing.  They say after a couple of days of the rapid river, fishing returns to normal, so we'll have to wait and see.  It was fun working, the people were all excited about the water level, and the biggest problem for us, was watching people take infants on the rafts.....but if this is what you do, and how you are raised, then maybe it is normal, but on my!  The day went by pretty fast and it was time to leave before we knew it, exhausted, but happy for such an interesting day.  Then the same routine, back home, walk Rudy, and a nap for Brad and I worked on the impossible puzzle.  After Brad got up, him and Rudy do a 2 mile walk up to the visitors center while I finished the puzzle, yea.  The neighbors dropped some keys and guessing they needed them to close the visitors center, Brad took them up.  After that we had meat loaf, mashed potatoes and a veggie for dinner and a lazy night at home.  Brad took Rudy for another

At the edge of the water, to the left,
 is the Fee Tube that is now
underwater in the above picture

walk, while I did dishes and cleaned up the house and then ended up talking with Jim for about 15-20 min.  Jim started a fire, then Fred and Judy joined him and about 8:00 Brad went out to visit while I finished making coffee, etc., etc., what ever else needed done,  back in ready for bed and all of us are in bed by 10:00. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water coming out
Overflow Tubes, Wow

Today, it was back to work, but it's cool, cloudy and overcast.  After an hour, we only had 3 launches, so it's not really looking good for the day.  Oh well, we deal with that pretty good, I tend to talk more(surprise) with the people going down the river, a couple of walks up and down the parking lot, picking up trash and a long talk with Judy, one of the shuttle drivers.  One of the Deputies and DNR guys stopped by and both chatted until somebody pulled up behind them, then they headed down the hill and talked with Brad a while.  We had a group come through about 12:30, it was their second run down the river today....they were having a blast, the first time there were 8 people, this time they had 12, somewhere they picked up a couple more, but a lot for the raft.  After that we were getting ready to close, when of course 3 or 4 more come down, and about 3 more people just wanting to see the overflow tubes.  We finally get out of there about 1:15, head home, a short walk for Rudy, lunch, then a

Rough Waters Ahead

planned long walk for Rudy.  Well that didn't work out, he decided he was more interested in chasing the marmots then listening to us.  Once he did come back, it's on the leash and that's been the extent of his walks tonight.  We headed up to one of the overviews to make some phone calls, I got to talk to Lynne for a while, but no answer at Dad's, I guess I'll have to try him tomorrow.  After that we head home and have grilled cheese and soup for dinner, chilly and damp out tonight so it was a good comfort meal.   Now it's about 7:30, dinner is done, I'm working on the blog while Brad relaxes thinking about taking a walk with Rudy. 

 

Thanks,

Diane and Brad