Creek

The creek behind our house was pretty dry in July.

We hiked downstream, noting changes since last summer. This is the ford/small waterfall.

More slabs are eroding from the banks.

We even spotted a fish!

A bend in the creek as it meanders through the canyon.

There was a mysterious black substance that had flowed into the creek here. It wasn't oil since it wasn't floating.

The biggest surprise, though, was the shape of the 20' waterfall. A large chunk had fallen from the lip. You can compare the current configuration to this previous picture from 5-16-2010.

And then we got rain, lots of rain, on July 19th.

August 14th - more water rushes through our little creek.

Several days later we checked it out. The pond right below our house had been reshaped.

Here's another view, looking downstream.