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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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I SAW A CAR GOING NORTH WITH ONLY A FOOT OF WATER IN IT. THE DRIVER SAID HE HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR TWO DAYS, AND THEN ON THE THIRD DAY HE FOUND OUT THAT THE RIVER WAS RISING AGAIN.
THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT BACK TO THE SAME SPOT WHERE WE HAD SEEN THE CAR BEFORE, BUT THIS TIME THERE WAS NO SIGN OF IT. SO WE DECIDED TO GO UPSTREAM INSTEAD OF DOWNSTREAM.
AS WE DREW NEARER TO THE FALLS, WE COULD SEE THEM CLEARLY FROM A DISTANCE. THEY LOOKED LIKE A HUGE WALL OF WATER CRASHING DOWN INTO THE RIVER BELOW.
WE WALKED UP TO THE EDGE AND LOOKED OVER THE SIDE. IT WAS AMAZING HOW HIGH THE FALLS WERE—MUCH HIGHER THAN I’D EXPECTED FROM WHAT WE’D HEARD ABOUT THEM BEFORE.
THEN WE TURNED AROUND AND STARTED DOWNSTREAM AGAIN. AS WE GOT FARTHER AWAY FROM THE FALLS, THEY BECAME LESS VISIBLE UNTIL EVENTUALLY THEY DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY FROM SIGHT.