Wild Water at Great Falls

This afternoon, in watery winter sunshine, we visited Great Falls National Park.

We anticipated that water levels in the Potomac River would be high due to heavy rain and melting snow across the watershed during last week.

Although we learned in the Visitor Center that the water level had dropped by two feet over the last twenty four hours, it was still much higher than we had seen it before.

Full size tree trunks were floating down the river, bobbing like corks and getting stuck in strong swirling currents.

At the Mather Gorge and beyond the water was rushing through, but away from the river's edge the park was quiet with still pools under the trees.