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Just pictures again. I'm suffering serious sleep deprivation at the moment and can't think. But I can pick up a camera and snap pictures. These are from a few days ago, but they tell a little bit of the story of the Lawn Lake Flooding event and what the area looks like now.
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The large rocks were deposited when this stream had a much higher competency rate, during the flood. |
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These large rocks would have been moved by much more water at much greater speeds. |
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Had this flooding event occurred without witnesses, geologists would use clues such as these large misplaced rocks to tell the story of the land. |
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Matt and Sal attempt to... I'm not really sure what they were doing. |
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We might be smiling, but I think Buffy and I both had a little altitude sickness. |
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