Catskill Trip

June 30, 2006

A quick trip to the Catskills after the flooding that caused so much damage upstate. There are a few pictures of the flood damage, but mostly we avoided documenting people's misery. We do have some great pictures of some of our favorite places — many taken by Tawna.

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Flood Damaged Sidewalk Scene in Walton, NY — one of the hardest hit areas. This shows how the force of the water tore up the flagstone sidewalks. June 30, 2006

Storm Damage on rte. 206 Water runoff damage along the side of route 206 east of Walton, NY. June 30, 2006

Flood Damaged Cornfield Flood waters have deposited much of the roadbed in the cornfield. This is one of untold many "minor" damage incidents that someone has to deal with. June 30, 2006

Pepacton Cove A side arm of the Pepacton reservoir showing the height of the water, and how muddy it is. June 30, 2006

Mountain Laural The rainy weather has been good for the wildflowers. There are many clumps of these (which I believe are Mountain Laurel) all along the road. June 30, 2006

Temporary Waterfall Another example of how wet it still was — this is one of many waterfalls that are normally not seen along this route. June 30, 2006

Pepacton Reservoir (6/30/06) After recent flooding, the Pepacton reservoir is full. The water gets muddier the farther east you go. June 30, 2006

Pepacton Bridge Fishing Access At the bridge crossing the Pepaction Reservoir, fisherman leave their boats up on the shore. I fear many didn't pull theirs high enough this year. June 30, 2006

Ashokan Scene 1 (6/06) Pretty scene taken along the road on the southeastern side of the Ashokan reservoir. June 30, 2006

Ashokan High Water Shoreline of the Ashokan Reservoir — These trees certainly know that the water is higher than usual! June 30, 2006

Ashokan Scene 2 (6/06) Pretty scene taken along the road on the southeastern side of the Ashokan reservoir. June 30, 2006

Ashokan Spillway (06/30/06) The Ashokan reservoir spillway handles a lot of water after recent heavy rains. Tawna got this great shot of the man-made falls, and wheeling birds. June 30, 2006

Tumbling Water Tawna took this great closeup of the water tumbling over the Ashokan spillway. June 30, 2006

Ashokan Outflow Across the road from the spillway, a raging river results from excess water running out of the reservoir. June 30, 2006

Reservoir Wall Tawna captured this elegantly curved diverter wall in the spillway of the Ashokan reservoir. June 30, 2006

Ashokan Fountain (6/06) Fountain / Aerator by the Ashokan Reservoir pumping plant. June 30, 2006

Buttermilk with Visitor Buttermilk Falls at full flow. Note the (unidentified) person getting a closer view. June 30, 2006

Below the Falls Water cascading below Buttermilk Falls. June 30, 2006

Gnarled Roots Tree roots going to extraordinary lengths to keep the trees from falling into the stream. June 30, 2006