The Nolichucky at Flood - 9/17/04

9/17/04

These pictures were taken when the river had already crested and was falling.  The level about this time was 45,000.  It crested at 63,000 a few hours earlier.

We'll start with my favorites...

The put-in stairs to the Nolichucky Gorge, TN underwater

The put-in stairs, underwater.

First railroad bridge, barely dry - Nolichucky Gorge, Tennessee

The first railroad bridge, there's normally at least 10 feet of clearance above the river.

Massive hole, On the Rocks?, Nolichucky Gorge, Tennessee

A massive hole at what might normally be "On the Rocks".

And now the rest...

Submerged road to the put-in - Nolichucky Gorge, TN Signs in the water - Nolichucky Gorge, TN Trees along the bank - Nolichucky Gorge, TN
View from the parking lot - Nolichucky Gorge, TN An alternate put-in - Nolichucky Gorge, TN Stairway to nowhere - Nolichucky Gorge, TN
Stairway to nowhere - Nolichucky Gorge, TN Water approaches a gas tank - Nolichucky Gorge, TN Water approaches a gas tank

All pics above are of the Gorge Putin area

First railroad bridge - Nolichucky Gorge, TN First railroad bridge - Nolichucky Gorge, TN First railroad bridge - Nolichucky Gorge, TN
The Railroad bridge above "Last Chance"
  Even the ducks know to stay out of the water - Nolichucky Gorge, TN  
  Even the ducks know to stay out of the water when it's this high.  
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Pictures of the river
Massive hole - Nolichucky Gorge, TN Massive hole- Nolichucky Gorge, TN Wanna surf this? - Nolichucky Gorge, TN
Surf that! - Nolichucky Gorge, TN             Big ol' hole - Nolichucky Gorge, TN
A monstrous hole at what I'm guessing to be On The Rocks
- Nolichucky Gorge, TN Quarter mile? - Nolichucky Gorge, TN - Nolichucky Gorge, TN
Quarter Mile?
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More Pictures and randomness...

Small feeder creek - Nolichucky Gorge, TN Small feeder creek - Nolichucky Gorge, TN Feeder creek - Nolichucky Gorge, TN
Just a few of the feeder creeks dumping in
Some sort of gear across the river - Nolichucky Gorge, TN Kristin and the train - Nolichucky Gorge, TN Random tree beside the river - Nolichucky Gorge, TN
Gear of some sort across the river. Kristin taking a shortcut through the train Brown tree
Dead possum on the tracks - Nolichucky Gorge, TN Kristin Missing a paddle? - Nolichucky Gorge, TN
Dead possum on the tracks Another Kristin pic Anyone missing a paddle?  I don't think you want this one back.
  Damaged paddle - Nolichucky Gorge, TN  
  It looks like it was burnt or something.  
     

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