Day 28: again.....

We’ll life is very predictable or really not predictable at all, but  here in this wonderful bed and breakfast on wheels that I am having the privilege of traveling  across this wonderful country in, I sent you a blog saying nothing was going to happen to blog home about on Monday because it was gank and cloudy outside.  Surprise surprise…The beautiful sun decided to shine so I would have to gladly retract my words about it being a do nothing day.

While eating lunch I was told to be ready to leave at 2 pm.    Trust me I was ready for what I had no idea but ready none the less.

We walked down to the river walkway and the boat was awaiting us ( and about 60 more people ) to take a river ride up river.

We sat in the back of the boat… I know its not called the back.. up on the upper level so we could see the site, feel the breeze and enjoy the sunshine.

We have crossed a few rivers coming to this point in our trip,  like the Mississippi and the Missouri and I think at one point the Rio Grande.  Those rivers had water in them to comment about and they were muddy rivers. Lots of rivers and  streams we crossed over had no water in them at all.

The Colorado is crystal clear, you can virtually count the rocks on the bottom. 

We went up river to the David Damn.  It is an impressive site from this distance to it. I learned that it releases water by what is called a unit.  A unit of water is close to 5000CFS (cubic feet per second).  I know about CFS because of the river that makes Hyytinen Hollow a success.  When the Deerfield River is released to 5000CFS my campground land will flood. The daily good flow for the
Deerfield River is about 850CFS.

Another shot of the dam.

While the guide was giving us his tourist information he mentioned something else that I want to gloat about.  Now people remember when I took the trip to Seligman and sent you the pictures of  Tow Mator and of the cop car… well…. I hit that nail on the head…. Seligman was the basis for that movie Cars.  I am patting myself on the back here. I wish I had  looked around for more of the cars.

The scenery is beautiful as we head away from the dam and back toward Laughlin.

The riverview of the casinos.

We also passed this impressive looking truck in the parking lot patiently awaiting our return.

 

Not only had the sun shined all day after all we had a wonderful sunset right outside our window.

I’m not sure when I will get this published but I am glad you are all patient while waiting for it.

Thank you all for reading my blog,

Hoot, Toot and Whistle.