All work and no play?
Nah.....not on Sunday
What the Schoharie can do when it wants to
River of rocks
Nah.....not on Sunday
What the Schoharie can do when it wants to
River of rocks
***Mrs. Mecomber mentioned in the comments that this looks like a river that can rage if it takes the mood.
Here are a couple of links to what it has done in the past. The bridge in the middle photo replaces one of two that went down one terrible day in 1987. (That tree is a lot bigger that it looks in the photo btw!) The other bridge was on the New York State Thruway and killed 10 people when it fell. We were in our car at the bottom of the house driveway with Liz, just a baby, in the car with us the morning it went down. We actually heard it, even though we are about five miles away from it. The boss knew instantly what he heard. Both he and my dad always distrusted the big Thruway bridge, as its construction was known by local folks to be less that the best. It seems to be forgotten now, but the local sheriff at the time tried to close the Thruway that day before the bridge fell because he was afraid that it would, but was not permitted to do so..... with tragic results. A couple of days later we parked the car on the road above this fishing spot and saw whole cottonwood trees, 60 or 70 feet tall, bouncing down the river and banging on the banks. We even saw a mobile home bounding by. The force of the current shook the road like an earthquake. Here is a picture I took last summer that gives something of an idea how deep this river gets. This is a few yards upstream from this year's photos. Flooding goes much higher than the high bank you can see behind the painted rock.
We are very careful about choosing our fishing times here.
Here are a couple of links to what it has done in the past. The bridge in the middle photo replaces one of two that went down one terrible day in 1987. (That tree is a lot bigger that it looks in the photo btw!) The other bridge was on the New York State Thruway and killed 10 people when it fell. We were in our car at the bottom of the house driveway with Liz, just a baby, in the car with us the morning it went down. We actually heard it, even though we are about five miles away from it. The boss knew instantly what he heard. Both he and my dad always distrusted the big Thruway bridge, as its construction was known by local folks to be less that the best. It seems to be forgotten now, but the local sheriff at the time tried to close the Thruway that day before the bridge fell because he was afraid that it would, but was not permitted to do so..... with tragic results. A couple of days later we parked the car on the road above this fishing spot and saw whole cottonwood trees, 60 or 70 feet tall, bouncing down the river and banging on the banks. We even saw a mobile home bounding by. The force of the current shook the road like an earthquake. Here is a picture I took last summer that gives something of an idea how deep this river gets. This is a few yards upstream from this year's photos. Flooding goes much higher than the high bank you can see behind the painted rock.
We are very careful about choosing our fishing times here.
That looks like fun. Did he catch anything?
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great place to walk as well as fish.
ReplyDeleteWow, at one time there must have been a LOT of water coursing through that river...
ReplyDeleteHi Laurie, no, barely a bite...it had rained the day before and they weren't hungry.
ReplyDeleteOW, I didn't have my license yet, so I did just that. I like to pick up rocks for my herb garden.
Mrs. M, this is one of the bridges that went down a few years ago. The other one killed a number of people. This little river rips whole trees right out of the ground and tosses them around like toothpicks. We time our visits carefully.
I've always had an irrational fear of being on a bridge when it collapsed. Now it will be worse. :)
ReplyDeleteYou HEARD it. Astounding. We've crossed that span every year since 1977 on our way to Cape Cod. I'll wave 'hello' to you on Saturday as I whiz by :0)
ReplyDeleteSo.
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Rocks!
We have sand.
Beautiful scenery behind the lad.
Jan, we are surrounded by bridges....complete with stop lights so you have to stop on them and wait while semis go by and feel the bridge bounce up and down...ARGHHHH!!!
ReplyDeleteCathy, look up the hill just before Fultonville and you will see us...you really can;t miss the place...give us a toot so we will know it is you! Have a great time on the coast!
Hi FC, I wish I had more carrying capacity. I wander around, picking up this pretty rock and that pretty rock and bits of brick worn circular by the water and driftwood and such, until I can't carry another pebble. My herb garden is planted in little "cells" made of rocks, around the honey locust tree, and a number of them came from Mill Point.