DAM TOUR.

It was certainly a wet spring in my little hometown! I decided to spend a weekend in Cascade, taking in all the WATER! The drive up the canyon was IMPRESSIVE! The mighty North Fork was absolutely RAGING!!! I have never, in all my years of seeing that river, seen it roil like that! I have always thought the stretch of Class V was a fantastically beautiful stretch of water, but it was absolutely breathtaking that weekend! UNBELIEVABLE! Of course the high river flow was due, in large part, to the release of water from the dam in Cascade. Even after growing up in Cascade and visiting there frequently, I have never seen the spillway run like it was either! They said the flows out of the dam hadn't been that big since the 1950s! We almost always stop to see the water coming from the spillway at Deadwood Dam but seeing this much water jet from the CASCADE DAM was amazing! For me it was really a once in a lifetime experience! Clearly I was impressed! However, so was the rest of the world! There were SO MANY people at the spillway! It is so strange, for us "locals" to have to deal with that many people invading our tiny little town! Oh, well, I guess I can't blame them for wanting to see a sight so rare--especially on such a pretty day!

CASCADE DAM SPILLWAY

THIS IS WHY I LOVING COMING FROM A SMALL TOWN!

SO MANY PEOPLE PRAYING FOR MY SWEET FRIEND AND HER FAMILY!

WE ALSO STOPPED BY TO SEE THE NEW KELLY'S WHITEWATER PARK

THE ISLAND AND MOST OF THE RAPIDS WERE COMPLETELY UNDER WATER!

I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT KWP! I KNOW MY FAMILY HAS BEEN ENJOYING THE PARK THIS SUMMER. AND NEXT SUMMER? I'M GOING TO TRY TO TAKE KAYAK LESSONS THERE! MAKAYLA TOOK LESSONS THIS YEAR. I'M SO JEALOUS! HOWEVER, NEXT YEAR SHE AND I WILL BE TEARING IT UP TOGETHER!

:)

YOU KNOW I CAN'T RESIST WILDFLOWERS!

SANDHILL CRANE AND BABY.