06-17-13

Yesterday we took a ride with Jo Ann and Dave to the site of the Teton Dam disaster.

In 1976 the then, brand new Teton Dam collapsed and the flood waters wiped out three towns in its path.
The water dumped into the Snake River and reached as far as Idaho Falls. 
The flood waters covered thousands of acres of farmland and killed thousands of head of livestock.
Fortunately only eleven people were killed.

Here is a view of what is left of the the dam. In person, it looks like a pyramid.

Across the canyon you can see the flood gates.

 

This is the spillway.

Here is a view of the canyon. The collapse began on the left side of the dam and eventually took out both sides of the earth dam.

Looking down stream. It sure looks like some great fishing spots down there.

If you want more information on this disaster you can Google “Teton Dam collapse”

On the way to the dam site we went through the neighborhood where Dave grew up so Patti could see it.
This is the house where his parents lived when he was born.

As we drove along the highway we got some great views of the Grand Tetons'.

And the awesome Idaho skies.

On the way home we stopped at Dave’s son Lynn’s house. We didn’t get a picture of Lynn when he took us up the river in his boat so Patti took one at his house.

 

Also, I misspelled his name on the boat trip post. The Correct spelling is “Lynn”

We had a great ride yesterday.

Today we are taking the day off. Patti is going to do some laundry and I am going to putter around the RV and check some things on the jeep.
Speaking of which; when Dave and I were working on the jeep the other day we were working in the wrong place. I got to really looking at the Jeep manual we borrowed from the jeep dealer and found that the dimmer switch isn’t in the steering column. It is bolted to the column, under the dash. It will still take some major dismantling of the instrument panel so I will wait until I get home to tackle the job. I am also going to try and photograph the pertinent pages in the manual.