debstromquist: Stony Ford Boat Launch
debstromquist: Joliet Rd crossing the river
debstromquist: IMG_6457
debstromquist: The drive to the boat launch
debstromquist: Looking upstream on the Des Plaines River
debstromquist: Around here, the river is fairly shallow
debstromquist: The boat launch
debstromquist: There's a fire pit across the river & someone has a fire going
debstromquist: Looking under the Joliet Rd bridge
debstromquist: Hofmann Dam
debstromquist: Millbridge Rd bridge
debstromquist: These drainage pipes are covered up quite often
debstromquist: Lots of foam
debstromquist: I can see the concrete wall of the dam for a change
debstromquist: This tree has been here for a long time now
debstromquist: The river water has created foam
debstromquist: The Hofmann Building
debstromquist: "H" for Hofmann
debstromquist: Signage
debstromquist: On the bridge looking downstream
debstromquist: The river gauge used to measure the depth of the river water
debstromquist: Hofmann Tower
debstromquist: The Hofmann building across the river
debstromquist: US Army Corp of Engineers is overseeing the removal of some dams
debstromquist: I think this is where a small dam called the Weir Dam used to be
debstromquist: I have a picture from the July 2011 flood of a man standing on this log
debstromquist: The river looks very shallow at this spot
debstromquist: Shells along the riverbank
debstromquist: Swan Pond area
debstromquist: Hofmann Tower