Water World
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By John Wiley
Flying along the hills we saw the most water in years. Polished sandstone below 154 with a smooth groove that has had a trickle even in Summer, is flowing nicely. Seven Falls finally has actual falls now too.
Back near the airport, Devereux Slough provides a large landing area for waterfowl and runoff colors the nearshore Channel.
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Feb 05, 2019 12:06 PMBeautiful!!! Nice to see the water flowing again :)
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Feb 05, 2019 03:07 PMYes! We've so missed all our local waterfalls during this prolonged drought. Even after heavy rain most were dry or just a trickle.
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Feb 05, 2019 12:45 PMJohn, when you go see the wildflowers, please bring back photos!
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Feb 05, 2019 03:08 PMOh, you know we love to share our aerial pix - and wildflowers, like waterfalls, are on our local bucket list. :D
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Feb 05, 2019 01:30 PMThanks, John. Beautiful to see so much water. I agree with TWOSCOOPS, please keep us in mind when there are wildflowers.
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Feb 05, 2019 03:09 PMFlicka, I'm curious which pic(s) in this set are your favs. I like the Dev.Slough Edhat featured, but my fav is the smooth rock one and its companion pic of the rapids below it.
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Feb 05, 2019 02:45 PMJohn - Can you do a fly over & get some close in images of the 154 closure areas? I heard there are two sections and one may necessitate the road being closed for months due to potential washout.
Thanks in advance.
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Feb 05, 2019 03:11 PMWe're curious too, but low clouds along the ridge dissuaded us from going over for a quick look. If we do get a pic, even after it's open, I might send it to Ed if the aerial perspective might add to our sense of what happened.
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Feb 05, 2019 03:14 PMBeen to the falls? If anyone's been to that smooth rock area, it would be great if you could send Ed pix and/or let us know if it's accessible to the public. It's below a bend in 154, and there's a turnout on the southbound side. Maybe a trail from there, if it's not private property?
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Feb 06, 2019 09:12 AMThank you for your photos! I haven't commented before, but I have appreciated them quietly many, many times. The second photo in this series looks like an abstract art work - well done. And it's great to see 7 falls with water. Thank you again.