<VV> Portland Photos Volume 3

[Tony Underwood]

At 09:08 hours 07/31/2005, Ron wrote:
>Well, this isn't one of those puny Eastern rivers, this is the West.
>RonH
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>To: "Bill Hubbell" <whubbell at umich.edu>; "'Virtual Vairs'" 
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>Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:12 PM
>Subject: Re: <VV> Portland Photos Volume 3
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>>Bill,
>>
>>This is a RIVER?
>>
>>I'm really impressed by how much the depth can change!  If we had 
>>that in Illinois, nearly the entire state would be under water at high tide.
>>
>>http://community.webshots.com/photo/407395810/407395810BDmIEX
>>




Then again, those "puny eastern  rivers" tend to be wide enough to 
make it hard to see the other bank when you get to the tidewater 
region of the stream...  check out the James River in VA, which gets 
to be big enough to support the Atlantic fleet, and the James River 
never leaves the state.     20 minute ferry ride to cross it, and 
that's not the widest part.    Got photos of a Vair on the ferry, 
taking a ride, from the Jamestown side of the river, taken on the way 
to/from the VA Vair Fair at Ft Monroe, interesting place.   Big 
river.    Tidewater people can talk about it a lot better than 
me.   My stretch of the James where it cuts through the Blue Ridge 
mountains is only about 300-400 ft wide, but it's got nice smallmouth bass.


However, I don't think it has rises and falls from tides like the 
Columbia...  ;)


tony..       likes VA rivers but would have also liked to have seen 
the Columbia, will see the Niagara next year