Monday, August 12, 2019

Dogs and Dams

The Lower Granite Dam is a gravity run-of-the-river dam on the lower Snake River in Southeastern Washington State.  It's quite the operation.  It has a fish ladder, to let the appropriate fish cruise on through.  And it lets boats pass through by putting them in a compartment and then flooding the compartment until they rise quite high and can continue navigating on the other side of the dam.  That's a hell of a lot of water flowing through, and those are delicious blackberry bushes in the foreground. 


There's a nice beach just down the river that Washington State University frequent.  Dogs love it too. 


That's a bulldog, a 4-month-old Labradoodle, and a 2-year-old Newfoundland living it up.  


The water level at this beach stays shallow for a long time.  You could probably walk 80 yards out with your head still well above water.  


There are dunes on either side, and extraordinary views on the way to and from this special spot. 


The result of a few hours at the beach is a car full of wet, happy, tired dogs. 


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