We traveled east along the Colombia River. It was lovely, forests of poplar trees, eerie in thier symmetry. Multnomah Falls is the second highest year round waterfall in the US. I wish that I had time to stop. Then there is the Bonneville Dam. It's a hydroelectric dam that provides a lot of the electricity for the northwest. It's a huge eyesore that I cannot stand. I wrote a poem about it...
Once mighty river
waters ran wild
rippling with rainbow scales
awesome power
relied a nation.
Reduced to a soft gloss
smooth as satin
with nary a ripple
to lead you onward.
Ladder upon ladder
locke upon locke
barged an upward battle
since when do fish swim in tankers?
A wall of concrete
built upon souls
given unwillingly
for hydroelectricity.
Would Merryweather
recognize this place?
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