24-25 July Leavenworth to Goldbar
24 July 2006 (cont.)
My swim in the river was a lessen in the strength of flowing water. The river was not very deep so I had to walk on rocks (a little painful). As I got further out into the flow of the river I tried to swim, but the water was too shallow, now I had a problem. I was sitting on the bottom of the river (only up to my chest) and was being pushed along the bottom by the force of the water. Standing up to avoid this was a struggle, man against water, eventually man overcame. After a few more skermishes I finally staggered ashore much refreshed. Ended up talking to a local high school teacher for a while. I am not meeting many Americans who have good things to say about Bush, maybe that is just a reflection of the type of people I talk to.
25 July 2006
I miss my good camera. Mainly, well entirely, I miss the larger range of f-stops 2.3 to 8 is just not enough, I bigger zoom would be nice also, I am sure having a bigger zoom is not just a guy thing. After leaving Leavenworth I stopped several times along the way. One of the best ones was to watch salmon trying to leap over a dam. As the water flows so fast through the mountains and the dam was originally built for power generation the dam is more like a wier than a dam. Stopped to way the Bygone Byways trail (thought of you Simon on this one). A stop at Deception Falls had me wondering about the people who named the various places in Washington, Deception Falls, Deception Pass, Possession, Thornwood, if it was not for places like Pleaant Valley you would think they did not like the place. Saw a house being moved in Skykomish and finally stopped in Goldbar where the teacher had recommended the Wallace Falls. An excellent suggestion had a lovely walk and then a swim at the base of the lower falls. Ah hot weather clean rivers and swimming what a combination.
My swim in the river was a lessen in the strength of flowing water. The river was not very deep so I had to walk on rocks (a little painful). As I got further out into the flow of the river I tried to swim, but the water was too shallow, now I had a problem. I was sitting on the bottom of the river (only up to my chest) and was being pushed along the bottom by the force of the water. Standing up to avoid this was a struggle, man against water, eventually man overcame. After a few more skermishes I finally staggered ashore much refreshed. Ended up talking to a local high school teacher for a while. I am not meeting many Americans who have good things to say about Bush, maybe that is just a reflection of the type of people I talk to.
25 July 2006
I miss my good camera. Mainly, well entirely, I miss the larger range of f-stops 2.3 to 8 is just not enough, I bigger zoom would be nice also, I am sure having a bigger zoom is not just a guy thing. After leaving Leavenworth I stopped several times along the way. One of the best ones was to watch salmon trying to leap over a dam. As the water flows so fast through the mountains and the dam was originally built for power generation the dam is more like a wier than a dam. Stopped to way the Bygone Byways trail (thought of you Simon on this one). A stop at Deception Falls had me wondering about the people who named the various places in Washington, Deception Falls, Deception Pass, Possession, Thornwood, if it was not for places like Pleaant Valley you would think they did not like the place. Saw a house being moved in Skykomish and finally stopped in Goldbar where the teacher had recommended the Wallace Falls. An excellent suggestion had a lovely walk and then a swim at the base of the lower falls. Ah hot weather clean rivers and swimming what a combination.
posted by Travelling Dave at 1:19 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home