Kerr Dam-July 18, 2012

We decided this morning that we would check out a couple of other RV parks in this area. We'll think about what we saw later. We turned off the road and headed toward Kerr Dam which holds back the Flathead River and creates Flathead Lake. By the way, there were and may still be a tribe of Flathead Indians in this area. Hence, the name of the river, the lake and a variety of cherries. We were really surprised at this massive structure.

Kerr Dam

This dam is 54 feet taller, referred to as a 54 foot drop, than Niagra Falls. And to both of us it is much more impressive than Hoover Dam. The water is certainly much prettier than Hoover. You can't drive across this one but we walked down the hillside to get a little closer.

Look at the pretty color of the water. And the spray hitting our faces was so cool.

On the other side is the water being released from producing hydroelectric power. It's really pretty, too. The Salish and Kootenai tribes receive compensation for this use of their land.

We both dispute the printed material for this dam. It stated that there were 253 steps down and it reminded us there were 253 back up. We both counted and they are wrong. There were 355 steps down and 355 back up. They were only off by 102 steps each direction. Maybe they thought if they printed 355, nobody would go to the lower level to look. We both survived but it was quite a walk. It goes without saying we picked an exceptionally hot day to make this climb. It was well worth it. This was a real treat and we had no idea what we were going to see when we got out of the car. Beautiful!!