Aah, my first river day. Humidity gone, sun out, the river a beautiful cloudy aqua blue. But when we went to dive in, we found our usually deep swimming spot had no more than a few feet of water. The river was high on the banks but filled with tons of extra Sandy River sand.

When I got home, I read how just this afternoon they started demolishing the Marmot Dam on this river. It will be the largest dam demolition on the West coast in 40 years. It sounds like it was more of an economic decision than anything else. Still, hooray for the fishies. I kind of doubt this is the reason our swimming hole is now a wading pool, but so be it.

Click here to watch the dam explode!