Scappy time on the road

Again, let me apologize for the photo, cropping.

Totally awkward.

Anyway its fun and since I rearranged stuff

I wasn't as annoyed tonight.

LOL.

Using Pink Fresh and various embellishments.

Got some photoshopping to do and

hoping for more downtown tomorrow.

Rollin' down Montana Roads

Love the monochromatic look of this.

If you look close there are two birds in that nest

that perches on the of a stick, basically.

Anyway, the sun was trying to come out, there was

a haze from the fires.

We were just coming from our boondocking at Lost Johnny Campground

that was really amazing.

While walking around the camp, right there in a

field, no 15 feet from us was a doe scarfing down some grass.

We kind looked at each other and decided all was well

and she went back to eating.

Later, she actually strolled through our camp.

Could have touched her out my window.

And of course, no camera.

 This is part of the Hungry Horse dam

that we had to roll over in order to get to the campground.

 This crane sits up on the dam.

 I was really disappointed that there was no water flowing

over, not even a trickle, however, you could hear the hum of power.

 Then there was this landscape that is just

soooooo pretty riding down the highway.

 Couldn't help I do have a million more but I 

only picked out a few for you.

You're welcome 😊

 Then, sadly, we came upon this sight.

Fire department putting out a trailer fire.

 Hopefully all came out of it alive.

 It happened in Sun River, Montana.

 And another dam - Black Eagle on the Missouri River.

It is huge and I love all the flowing water.

This little guy came to great us at our camp

and did a great job posing.

 Isn't he cute?

I'm assuming he. 

 Then decided some chillin' was required.

So cool. 

He's still out there as we speak, chillin'.

More dam pictures

LOL!!

This is the Rock Island dam and doesn't the

background look fake??

It's sooooo pretty.

 Chief Joseph Dam and it was wild,

water gushing out everywhere.

 They let you get up close and personal to the water too.

 And a stairway that walks down into it

where one could fish.

We made some friends.

Marmosets were interested in us for the moment

and then went and hid. 

 There were quite a few of them living there, and once

they thought we left they popped back out.

 The Grand Coulie dam was huge.

Very pretty- we had a coffee break right down

there next to it.

I was a bit disappointed that there was no water flowing.

 They had an interesting museum at the visitor center

with all kinds of artifacts that were used

to build the dam.

It was built between 1933 - 1942.

Interesting note Arlo Guthrie wrote a folk song, recorded in 1941 for the dam.

He was commissioned by the Bonneville Power Administration

as part of the film documentary.

It was kind of catchy - here are the lyrics...

Well the world owns seven wonders as the travelers always tell.
Some gardens and some towers, I guess you know them well.
But now the greatest wonder is in Uncle Sam's fair land.
That King Columbia river and the great Grand Coulee Dam.

She come up the Canadian Rockies where the crystal waters glide,
Comes a-roaring down the canyon to meet that salty tide
From the great Pacific Ocean to where the sun sets in the west,
That big Grand Coulee country in that land I love the best.

In the misty glitter of that wild and windward spray,
Men have fought the pounding waters and met a watery grave.
Once she tore men's boats to splinters but she gave men dreams to dream,
That day that Grand Coulee dam went across that wild and restless stream.

Oh Uncle Sam took up the notion in the year of thirty three,
For the factory and the farmer and for all of you and me.
He said: roll it on Columbia, you can roll out to the sea
But river, while you're rolling you can do some work for me.

Now from Washington and Oregon you can hear them factories a-hum,
Making corn and making manganese and light aluminum.
Always a flying fortress to blast for Uncle Sam,
That King Columbia river and the great Grand Coulee dam.

Well the world owns seven wonders as the travelers always tell.
Some gardens and some towers, I guess you know them well.
But now the greatest wonder is in Uncle Sam's fair land.
That King Columbia river and the great Grand Coulee Dam

Bonneville Dam

Got lots of dam photos.

Bwahahaha waited awhile to say that.

Anyway, it was a cool adventure.

 They had concerns about the salmon swimming upstream

so they built ladders for the fish and lamprey eels

to get through in order to return to their spawning grounds.

 No fish to be seen yet.

 And lamprey eels need to get back to their

spawning grounds as well.

 They had an underground viewing area where you

could actually see the eels and fish.

 The photos do not show how fast that current is.

I found that on the way back to the spawning grounds

neither one of them eat.

 The eels latched onto the window and in my

humble opinion did it to take a break from the current

and rest a bit before moving on.

 Once they get to their spawning grounds they lay their eggs

and die.

And a fisher bird looking for some food.