CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[emptysea]

Let me be the first to commend you on this dam great idea!
And would a beaver dam count?

 

[suhawk305]

Let me be the first to commend you on this dam great idea!
And would a beaver dam count?

As long as you get the state board accredited beaver design engineer in the picture.

 

[Inhouse Bob]

I like this one! I'll get busy!

 

[Gone in 60]

Well, damn. No dams near me that can be accessed without a narrow hiking trail or stopping on a major freeway.

The gutter outside my office jams up with leaves and trash but that’s all I got.

 

[suhawk305]

Well, damn. No dams near me that can be accessed without a narrow hiking trail or stopping on a major freeway.

The gutter outside my office jams up with leaves and trash but that’s all I got.

Gone, Engineer William Mulholland built flood control projects all over the LA area. He built the the famous LA Aqueduct that was used in many movies. And he built dams, (but we won't mention the St. Francis dam, not a good career move for Mr. Mulholland). The US Army Corps of Engineers built flood control projects in Southern California, example, the Seven Oaks Dam.

 

[Inhouse Bob]

Here ya go! My local dam.
Lake Accotink Dam was built to supply water to Fort Belvoir about 5 miles away. It has since silted up to the point that the lake is only about a foot deep behind it. But it's still a nice habitat and a four mile trail around it gives me a nice place to jog.

 

[KiowaEagle_imp]

Wait no more MTC! Here is the Big Reveal:
A picture of your CB with a dam structure in the background. This includes, but not limited to, dams built for flood control, hydroelectric generation, water supply (municipal and agricultural), recreational lakes, navigational purposes (lock and dams, channel walls, etc.), and mills with water power wheels. The remnants of a former dam will do (typically the remains of the dam's abutment structures remains). Also included are flood walls, levees and channel weirs.

Now with the above list, there is no excuse for not participating!

(Please, no moaning by the 2019 WV Rally attendees, especially you KiowaEagle). As a Civil Engineer who specialized in dam safety, I think I bored a captive audience to death at an old WV mill when I defined the purpose of every part of the mill's water conveyance system from the headgate all the way down to the water wheel's tailrace.

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[Inhouse Bob]

Ha! I play a Geocaching game with my local riders and my "tags" are often in locations that have to do with running... local trails, tracks and the like. I get harassed for that too, Suhawk. But you should stand strong and keep living your love and loving your life

 

[KiowaEagle_imp]

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[Inhouse Bob]

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Now that's perfect :beerchug:

 

[Gone in 60]

Well, damn. No dams near me that can be accessed without a narrow hiking trail or stopping on a major freeway.

The gutter outside my office jams up with leaves and trash but that’s all I got.

Gone, Engineer William Mulholland built flood control projects all over the LA area. He built the the famous LA Aqueduct that was used in many movies. And he built dams, (but we won't mention the St. Francis dam, not a good career move for Mr. Mulholland). The US Army Corps of Engineers built flood control projects in Southern California, example, the Seven Oaks Dam.

Yeah yeah, I saw Chinatown too... and there's a big 'ole fountain in Los Feliz commemorating Mulholland. But, most of the dams are way north of L.A. and I'm too lazy to cross the entire L.A. megalopolis and go find one. I might be able to snag a dirt berm in the Santa Ana river near me.

The L.A. Acqueduct is just a concrete river channel that runs through the city, built to control the the L.A. River after the St. Francis Dam collapse flooded out the city. If there's a car chase filmed in L.A., that's the big, flat concrete channel with the angled sides that you always see.

Might be able to get a shot of the Hollywood Reservoir. That's what Charleton Heston jogs across in the opening scenes of Earthquake.

 

[suhawk305]

:rofl::rofl: Good picture Bob.

 

[Mtneers]

Another dam photo with a motorcycle in it!

Game on!


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[Inhouse Bob]

Well, damn. No dams near me that can be accessed without a narrow hiking trail or stopping on a major freeway.

The gutter outside my office jams up with leaves and trash but that’s all I got.

Gone, Engineer William Mulholland built flood control projects all over the LA area. He built the the famous LA Aqueduct that was used in many movies. And he built dams, (but we won't mention the St. Francis dam, not a good career move for Mr. Mulholland). The US Army Corps of Engineers built flood control projects in Southern California, example, the Seven Oaks Dam.

Yeah yeah, I saw Chinatown too... and there's a big 'ole fountain in Los Feliz commemorating Mulholland. But, most of the dams are way north of L.A. and I'm too lazy to cross the entire L.A. megalopolis and go find one. I might be able to snag a dirt berm in the Santa Ana river near me.

The L.A. Acqueduct is just a concrete river channel that runs through the city, built to control the the L.A. River after the St. Francis Dam collapse flooded out the city. If there's a car chase filmed in L.A., that's the big, flat concrete channel with the angled sides that you always see.

Might be able to get a shot of the Hollywood Reservoir. That's what Charleton Heston jogs across in the opening scenes of Earthquake.

You might consider the Vail Lake Dam. It is in the mountains southeast of LA and looks like a nice ride, at least on Google Maps

 

[Gone in 60]

Inhouse Bob, that is pretty country, and I know that lake and dam, and enjoy riding in that area. Actually not too far from my Mom and Mom-in-Law. But, any time I spend down there these days is to do house maintenance on their places, and I can't carry a ladder and lumber on the CB.

And Mom-in-Law thinks I don't ride much any more...

 

[Cormanus]

Don't Ask Me to post the winning photo. Inhouse Bob got there first.

 

[peterbaron]

So, dam and a CB pic for July, is this official??

 

[Inhouse Bob]

So, dam and a CB pic for July, is this official??

Gosh, I hope so. I had to ride almost three minutes to get that shot
But EmptySea is the ultimate arbiter of this particular thread.
Meanwhile, I will continue fretting over next month's theme. It kept me up for a good while last night.

 

[the Ferret]

Don't Ask Me to post the winning photo. Inhouse Bob got there first.

Clever my man!

 

[Gone in 60]

Well, damn, I figured I'd go find a dam. What's the purpose of these photo contests... to get us to go out and ride, right?

Mrs. Gone is... Gone, taking care of her Mom for a few days, so I'm not in a rush to get home. And, seeking the embrace of the local ocean views after working in Georgia for a week, I took a ride up the coast when I left the office yesterday.

I figured with all of the power stations, pumping stations and coastal preserves along the highway, I'd see a dam. But, damn, no dams to be had.

I did read Suhawk's dam fine print, which includes "channel walls." I was tooling around the Naples Canal area of Long Beach, one of my favorite places to tool around. This is one big circular channel, with houses on both sides. Damn expensive homes at that. So, dammit, that should count, right?

The canal houses all do wonderful holiday lights and decorations, and if you're in the Southern California area, it's definitely worth a visit. Looking at the metal railing, I noticed that they had strung up red, white and blue lights, so their getting into the spirit for the 4th of July as well. That's damn nice.

Well, damn, the governor just yesterday issued orders for restaurants to cut off inside dining again as our COVID numbers are rising, so I headed for the barn, and whatever leftovers I could scrounge up in the fridge. On the way home, I figured I'd find some kind of dam along the Santiago Creek runoff channel, and Hot Damn, I found one. This is a dry creek bed that connects to the larger Santa Ana River. There are several dirt and rock dams along the creek, but we'd need a damn flood to ever get it wet, and it's never happened in my lifetime.

And if that happens, my damn garage would flood too.