Twin cities
On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:50:46 -0500, B Fuhrmann wrote:
The Stone Arch bridge (Great Northern, converted to walking bridge) just
up the river has a great view of the lock, dam, and falls on the
Mississippi.
This reminds me -
anecdote
Once, a few years ago, I was watching the locks a few miles downstream
of downtown, and as I watched them line up the boats and pump the water
out, (or just let it flow out), I guesstimated distances (well, there
were big numbers "50 100 150 200" and so on painted alongside the length
of the lock, which I took to be feet), and did some calculations in my
head, and came up with something like 6,000,000 gallons of water that
they move in about two minutes.
After watching the boats go through the lock (there was even a rowboat
in there along with a couple of river yachts), I walked through the
visitor center, and they have a placard, where they run the numbers, and
the lock moves 6,000,000 gallons of water when it does its thing.
I was way too proud of myself for getting the number dead nuts by
a visual estimate. ;-D
/anecdote
Speaking of the Mississippi, Lake Itasca is only a few hours away;
you can literally walk across the Missippi river on stepping stones!
And it's absolutely gorgeous country, especially this time of year.
Cheers!
Rich
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