Rampaging River

Hot hot HOT today. Did some shooting in Cuyahoge Falls, along the river. Amazing - the river is running at full force, blasting over the dam and down the gorge. All the sand bars have disappeared, even the big one just below the old powerhouse. It extended into the river from the two trees on the right. Even the log stuck on the dam is almost completely submerged.

If you look closely, you can see that some creative soul painted a smiley face on one of the pylons.

The noise is unbelievable. I was standing on the High Bridge, about 100 feet from the freeway, and all I could hear was the river. Here's the view, looking up toward the Sheraton:

And here's what it looked like this winter:

Wildly different! Below is the dam by the Sheraton patio. I have never seen this much water pouring over it.

This one is looking north toward Broad Blvd. Probably could've cropped it better. I just liked the rusted girder. There are a couple of other ancient girders and some giant gears, who knows from what. There was an amusement park some where down the gorge about 100 years ago, maybe they're leftover parts from a ride.

Even though it was ridiculously hot for the last day of May, I'm glad I took the camera out - the river was just awesome!