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Things are back to the summer norm......... You can walk across the river without a bridge!
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An overcast and hazy day. Not really good for distance pictures especially with an ultra long lens. It just compounds things. Will try again for close up of the eagles. Grand Rapids Ohio
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The raging torrent that claimed two lives has dwindled to where you can now wade and fish.
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WE did have some excitement ! The motor on the red&white crusier konked out and they were starting to drift toward the dam. The O.D.N.R. came and towed them back to the marina.
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Roller.... Imagine hitting this in a kayak ! Speed of the current I would guess somewhere between 30 and 35 mph. Why this is tricky .......it rolls back against the current
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July 15th. Finally stopped raining! What you are looking at is the top of the sea wall along the river. Notice the water level ! Its at least 15 ft from top of wall to bedrock of the river at this point.
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Pictured above is the top of the seawall-walkway along the river. At normal water level from the top of the walk to water level is 7-ft. Also in the picture is a little ice cream and burger place where I grabed a burger on the way out.
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The river is so high it's running over the top of the control gate
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Backwash ( not real smart to try to navigate the river when it is running this fast. Someone tried last week and was drowned.) There are spots in the river where you have rollers......fast running waves that are going to throw someone around. ) turbulant
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Maumee Bay ( Main buildings of the complex. Contains main office, hotel, rangers,resturant and nature center.) Lake Erie and Cedar Point refuge in back ground.
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Walleye run has started. River is still running fast and some-what high. both banks are devastated by the ice flow ( notice the up-rooted trees behind) but it's not going to stop the hard core fishermen. This was f-8 (fixed) 500 MM
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When I was in high school ( ancient history) we came here to fish and hunt in the fall. None of this existed at that time.
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South Shoreline of lake Erie. It makes up the Metzgers Marsh area ( public access) and the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge it runs almost all the way to Port Clinton. And In a rare instant Erie's behaving
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Silhouette Fishing Jetty at Metzgers Marsh ( They were catching yellow perch. ) In the back ground on the horizon is West Sister Island part of the national wildlife refuge and then its 54 miles to Canada.
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looking at 3 of the four bridges that cross the Maumee river in Toledo. The Cherry ST. the Craig and the Veterans which has the highest span at 300 ft. Shot from the Owens-Corning world headquarters
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Looking toward International Park and the Restaurants on the East side of the river.
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Promenade Park On the west bank of the river and is fronted by hotels, banks and science centers.
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Grain docks when the harvest of beans and corn starts to come in this is going to be a very busy place.
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There is a skulling club in international park and they were out practicing. the fours with cox in this picture.
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The eight with cox in this picture.
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West side of the Maumee river at Grand Rapids.
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Great Lakes Maritime Museum. Which is taking shape on the east side of the Maumee River.
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East Arm of the Maumee river at Grand Rapids Providence Dam. Taken in the evening. The clouds you see is the storm moving north of us
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West Arm of the Maumee river at Grand Rapids Providence Dam. People are wading out into the river to fish. The water is staring to recede toward it's mid-summer, late summer minimum.
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Looking down river toward Toledo ( about 30 miles north ) from Otsego on a mid summer evening.
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Maumee River looking north toward lake Erie. Nothing going on today except the river itself.
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Cedar Point., The original cedar Point not the one with all the rides. Located at the very west end of Lake Erie on Maumee Bay.
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Self Unloader bulk cargo entering the shipping channel and passing the Toledo Harbor light. She is possibly 1000 ft long considering when this photo was grabbed she is around 5 miles out in the bay
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I guess you could call this the Town and country edition. Pictured is the oldest bridge in toledo. It is by the fifth- third building.Original was mid 1800 but was soon replaced with the structure you see.
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Hi-level 2nd oldest bridge Started in 1928 during the depression as a works project. This was one of the first types of suspension bridge built. It has recently ungone heavy maintenence.
