River Rise

It rained a lot last week, and the river's been up. It's not really flooded, because it was quite low before the rain started, but the water has been high enough to change the view from the bridge. I stopped at the bridge on the way home from work yesterday to get a few pictures.

This is a view out of the car window about halfway up the road to the top. This little waterfall is only there after a rain - and when I remember to look for it, and see it pouring down like this, I try to wrap my mind around the fact that this same thing is happening everywhere along the gorge, we just can't see it - and that is why the rocks in the river are covered up right now. (There was one day a few months ago, after a solid week of rain, that I looked over and realized I couldn't even see the trees growing out of the rocks... and yet they're still there!)

I stopped at the bridge again this morning on my way to go hike, and again on the way back in the afternoon. The water levels were about the same but it was interesting how the light changed.

A few wisps of cloud hanging around the top of the hill!