Our drive back to camp on Friday was slow going due to some really bad storms along the ride home. We just missed some hail and other bad weather, but there were times that we could only go 10 mph and even then we couldn't see the lines on the road, only the tail lights on the cars directly in front of us. Thankfully, by the time that we got back to camp, the worst of it was over. Our tent was wet inside, and the wind was blowing something fierce, but there was only a little bit more rain overnight. It was cold the next morning, but everything was wet, which included our firewood, so we headed out to see the falls and be in the sunshine in an attempt at keeping warm! And this is what we saw. So much for that calm, clear water!!!
The water came all the way up and into the spectator area for the falls. The water was raging!!! It was sooooooo LOUD!!!
You could see a bit of the rainbow on the mist coming off the falls, but the height of the falls had significantly decreased just because of the sheer volume of the falls due to the rainfall from the day before. I was thanking my lucky stars that I didn't have to be there when all that rain fell the day before!
Honestly, the pictures don't do it justice! It was a sight to behold!
This picture above here was taken looking towards all those rocks that we had taken pictures on a few days before with the little tide pools and things. You couldn't see the rocks at all. In fact, it was flooded all the way up to the retaining wall and covered the walkway down to the rocks!
We walked on down to one of the overlooks and just looked and looked at that huge and swollen river and falls. It was something else!
If you go back and look at the pictures of the falls from earlier, you can see that they were about half as wide just a few days before. This one is cool when you make it big because you can see the teeny tiny people there standing next to the falls.
This was taken looking across the way. There used to be some indentions and hollowed out type areas that we could see when we had been playing at the beach. Those were all totally underwater.
Looking down the river after the falls and towards where we played on the beach just 2 days before.
You have to make this one big, but this is taken through the trees looking at the beach. Only, there is no longer a beach. It is all just raging brown water!
You can see here the HUGE rock that Weston had climbed up on just 2 days before. It is surrounded on all sides by water with not a speck of land around it!
Well, we thought that we were getting a family picture that had the falls in it too, but this was too good of a family picture to not post. Barth never really shaves when we are camping, but he had shaved it into a goatee that morning for some unknown reason. I can't stand a beard though, so it only lasted that day!!!! Amber's jacket had been totally drenched the day before in the tent, so she wore mine! I was thankful that I had an extra one. That river was something else after all that rain!
2 comments:
Was the place the teeny tiny people were standing the same place you guys were standing by the falls? The falls look they are going over a big man-made bridge or something...is that a natural thing or something created by man? I was going to say, I don't think I have ever-ever seen Barth with a beard. I was surprised! :) That is a fantastic family picture. I can see the falls. Did someone take it or did you just sit the camera on something and have one of you run back?
Yes- where the teeny people are is where the first few pictures were taken. No, there is no bridge or anything. It's all natural. They have a museum with all sorts of history and pictures from way back. Some of the first traders/explorers in the area came down the river, not knowing the falls were there and barely made it down them alive. There used to be a hotel just at the edge of the falls right by where the viewing area is as well. Anyway....it's not manmade, just a natural rock shelf. Yes- someone took the picture for us. :)
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