A wedding at Pie Ranch

On the city side of the hill there is a large resevoir that has been very low for 2 years while a new tunnel was built to carry water around the dam. It was created in 1952 and submerged two small towns that are now visible.

The first view of the vast area.

When the resevoir is full sculling teams practice here in the early dawn hours.

There is a guard rail visible that traces the edge of a submerged road

I looked up the hill and saw a pile of branches that didn't look natural and decided to take a closer look

the pile of branches from behind

from the front it appears to be a campsite

a seat? a place to chop wood?

inside

the view from the front yard

In between some runs I have a lot of spare time and I like to shop at the dollar store now and then. I found this little shelf unassembled and packaged for $1.49. I thought it would work in the bathroom. After I unwrapped it and put it together I understood why it was in the dollar store to begin with. It doesn't stand up straight. At all. With any configuration. I left it out for the other housemates to see then I threw it out. And then I remembered: I bought the same thing a few years ago. There is probably an entire Chinese village or highrise full of divisions of men and women (seperated) mass producing these things and shipping them over in huge cargo containers. And they got me twice so far.