That Dam Again
Finally a sunshiny day so we headed out to see the big dam on Diamond Valley Lake. If you look closely at this picture you can see why this reservoir is fascinating. We are standing on a viewpoint above the large dam on the west side. In the distance you can see another dam and beyond that the town of Hemet.
As we walked down from the viewpoint we had a great view of the 2 mile long west dam. It is 2000 ft. wide at the base. I think there are 3 dams holding in all this water. It's kind of scary to me. Imagine the power held behind these dams.
At the base of the dam you can see a strip of land that is called a wildlife coridor. The animals are supposed to use this to move from one preserve to another. Wonder how they train the wild animals to do that? :)
This is all part of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern CA which brings this water to us courtesy of the Colorado River and Northern CA. It's fascinating. You could drive right by this on a couple of local roads and never know the lake is there because it's all held in about 400 feet above your head tucked in the foothills.