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[DaveMatthews]

I'd call that ruffled water in the river a tide rip, not a rip tide. There is a difference, though admittedly both terms are a bit lame in that neither phenomenon involves tides as such.

Yeah... no argument from me.

 

[Kayakguy]

Yeah... no argument from me.

Well, tides can create currents, which can create dangerous conditions, including tide rips (aka "overfalls"), whirlpools, and rapids in narrow, shallow channels such as often found at the entrances to "lagoons" along the BC coast and Vancouver Island. Deception Pass in Washington is such a spot, though it's actually a narrow channel between Whidbey Island and Fidalgo Island (aka "mainland"), through which significant amounts of water flow at every change of the tide, especially at "spring" tides, when the range between flood and ebb tides is at the max (roughly twice a month, influenced by moon and sun, maximally when those two bodies are in alignment).

Sorry, not trying to get all academic here. But these phenomena are of great interest to kayakers like myself. It's one reason why I prefer paddling on the open coast of Vancouver Island rather than in the inner waters of the Salish Sea. On the outer coast, tidal currents can practically be ignored in most places. Though a small group of us had an extremely exciting day near Tatoosh Island when the powerful northward flowing flood met big swells from the Gulf of Alaska, resulting in several hours of adrenaline mainlining. That much adrenaline can leave you with a hangover.

Which leads me to the question of adrenaline junkies (which I know some bikers are). How about an arrangement where you jump out at such a junkie from a dark alley shouting "Gotcha, sucker" or some such, after which the client pays you a fee for service?

 

[PCeBiker]

This bridge has emergency closure gates at both sides.
I don't know if that's for winter snow and icing conditions or for flooding?

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It would be one hell of a flood that would put the bridge under water.

Well, it happened.
We had a major rain event, and a few bridges were closed.

A few days later,..

 

[DaveMatthews]

Dayum...
We are not prepared for what's coming methinks...

 

[McCorby]

33 miles on the Glacial Drumlin State Trail today.

A barn for @dodgeman

Quarry

I see you!

Wasn’t expecting a go cart track alongside the trail.

You have to turn right to go left!

The Doctor is in…

Any guesses why there’s a rubber strip down the middle of the bridge? Hint, the trail is used all year…..including winter!

 

[McCorby]

Today was the Milwaukee Air Show on the lakefront.

Waiting….

F18 and a F4U Corsair

Coast Guard water rescue demo

The Italians

The Thunderbirds!

 

[MTO]

Riding with the Mrs. around the Lake Tahoe area in California and Nevada.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Riding with the Mrs. around the Lake Tahoe area in California and Nevada.

Gorgeous! Looks like the east shore or Incline area. Lots of great riding there. Visually, granite shorelines are hard to beat.

 

[MTO]

Gorgeous! Looks like the east shore or Incline area. Lots of great riding there. Visually, granite shorelines are hard to beat.

You know your geography well! The shots are Sand Harbor on the East shore/Incline, Fallen Leaf Lake and South shore.

 

[Kayakguy]

Riding with the Mrs. around the Lake Tahoe area in California and Nevada.

Can't help noticing jet contrails in the 4th image. I've seen such photobombs in Roman costume epics from Hollywood.

 

[MTO]

Can't help noticing jet contrails in the 4th image. I've seen such photobombs in Roman costume epics from Hollywood.

Yeah it’s an aerial highway across there, looks kind of cool though.

 

[MTO]

Can't help noticing jet contrails in the 4th image. I've seen such photobombs in Roman costume epics from Hollywood.

Here are more

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Here are more

Contrails? Ha! That's what the aliens orbiting behind the moon want you to think.
;^}

 

[MTO]

Contrails? Ha! That's what the aliens orbiting behind the moon want you to think.
;^}

Yeah but I didn’t want to say that, I’m new here.

 

[None]

Nice cruise across from the Big Apple.

 

[Prairie Dog]

I took to the local trails this morning with a buddy of mine. We were greeted with perfect weather resulting in clear skies combined with a cool breeze to combat the rapidly rising temps.

It’s easy to lose your way along this section where the sedge grass is especially tall.

 

[Charles Kirkland]

I've been checking out my new area, waiting for the trails at the State Park to dry out and reopen after hurricane damage. Beautiful weather today, but hot. Told the wife some of the local babes were checking me out today.

 

[Kayakguy]

I've been checking out my new area, waiting for the trails at the State Park to dry out and reopen after hurricane damage. Beautiful weather today, but hot. Told the wife some of the local babes were checking me out today.

Yeah, my wife laughs when I tell her that. Sometimes a sweet young thing will step up and admire something I'm wearing, or (one time) ask me what to look for in an opera we were attending. But I have learned to "read" the wheels turning as soon as they do that: "Omigod, he's so OLD!!"

 

[Charles Kirkland]

Yeah, It would scare me away fast if one looked at me any other way than as a old man. It would have to be a trap of some kind.

 

[Charles Kirkland]

I like Texas history and being close enough to take the trike around some of it is pretty nice. I had battery enough to check out the monument and state park, but ran out of nice shoulder wide enough to get out of traffics way. Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.