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As I type this, the sun is appearing over the Seattle area – or at least that I can see. It is a sight to be welcomed, especially since this is late May 2010.
But it rained Saturday. So, my family and I looked for one of the best places to visit when water drops to the ground – Snoqualmie Falls, which is about a 20-minute drive east of Seattle.
The water drops about 270 feet.
If I could only manage to have the mist from Snoqualmie Falls emerge from your computer screen, that would be truly spectacular.
As I watched water this water flow drop and turn into cascades and mist and fill the air with the sound of a steady, pleasing crash, I thought I’d try another stop-motion experiment.
When it rains, I thought, seek a waterfall. Just as I said months ago: When you’re hungry, seek mapo tofu.
Tourists and Seattle-area residents also flocked to Snoqualmie Falls. That was understandable.
The site is home to apparently the world’s first underground hydropower plant. This hour-long documentary from the utility, Puget Sound Energy, gives you more background.
This place of cascading water also is a sacred site for the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe – which members consider to be the tribe’s birthplace.
In 2003, I attended one of the tribe’s ceremonies, talked with members and learned something new.
One tribe member told me that the mist are kisses from their ancestors.
Oh, yes, as someone states in that documentary, this is falling water. There is another location that incorporates the concept.
And falling water, I thought, would be a good balance to water that shoots into the sky – something I saw earlier this month in Seattle.
