Showing posts with label electricity. Show all posts
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11 Jul 2014

Trans-Cascadian hydroelectric journey


Driving towards Puyallup on SR-167 the mountain seems to grow larger with every mile.

(aha! editing gone slightly awry)





Tipsoo Lake has to be one of the most photogenic places in the country, absolutely delightful.



The bank of the Columbia River


There was a log that looked like an alligator.



The little "oasis" as I call it, next to the river, is where the clump of trees is.




Hydroelectric power isn't free from the landscape-marring drawbacks of all electricity.


Cliffs along the Columbia.


A neat volcanic formation along the river that rises out of the water.




Wanapum Dam


Sent from my Triumph De Jur Perfekt