Wandering Below the Cleveland Dam (Part 2)

 Alright... we are at the Cleveland Dam and... almost down to the level of the river (which means we've come down 300 feet!

They have some big old fir trees here!

Isn't it magnificent?

Beary impressive!

And down near the river, we came across some beary finely layered clay...

Which is glacio-lacustrine clay from the Ice Age time... laid down in glacial lakes... nifty.

We are down at a view point in the canyon and... this plague said that there is a door below the dam... say what?

Over there? Way over there???

Oh, we need a slightly different angle... 

OMG!! There IS a door there! Well... a gate... let me see what we can get a pic of... it's just above the centre of my hat...

There!!! Do  you see it?? OMG! It's like the Gates to Mordor in the Lord of the Rings! What the heck?? 

Well.. apparently it leads to a tunnel system that was used during dam construction. There used to be a wooden staircase that led up to the gate... And it is used by workers to visually inspect the dam from below.

See... that's it on the botom right... cool!

Alright... and now where to... what is that down there?

A fish hatchery is down there??!! That's definitely on our list!

And yes, a lot of people go fishing here... it's a great salmon river!

This is the bridge over the river and...

See... no fishing above this bridge.

But we are not fishing... but we are going to look at the fish!

TO BE CONTINUED