We are starting spring runoff where our river will swell to four times the usual flow. It usually lasts through June, and this is expected to be a high year. It doesn't help our fire danger: all the water goes past in the river channel, but every five years or so it can threaten some of the low-lying areas and people start talking about where can they find sand bags.


A big nest of fish hanging out near my bridge. Maybe spawning, maybe they are from a fish hatchery, stocked into the river by my downstream neighbor who owns a fishing guide service.

We got to stand near the big rock trucks. They are so large that if two of them meet on the highway, it has to be in a wide spot. This is why our highway is closed 19 hours a day, so these trucks can haul the material created by blasting away the sides of mountains.



Here is what my part of the river is looking like these days.