Farris Lake is our drinking water supply. it's good quality water drawn at about 20 m depth. at the southern end of the lake there is a small hydroelectric dam and below that is Farris Elva. a new section of the main highway was recently constructed with this bridge over the lake carefully designed not to impact the water quality in the large lake
it's only 1.1 km from the dam to the mouth of the river where it empties in Larviksfjord. the drop to sea level is 23 m- though the river is very short it's history as an industrial area is very long. the earliest record of industrial activity is from the 1300s when there was a grain mill using the falling water to power it.
this October walk is follows the river as it flows through a glacial moraine. the water level in the river is regulated by the dam. when the lake is full the river is swift and white but more often than not the flow is low and calm. in the distance are some industrial buildings so it is not possible to walk the entire length of the river to the sea.
instead of the water running its natural course it is piped to the industrial turbines. the pipe is old with quite a few leaks
despite the pipe and the industry the walk along the river is very pleasant with the autumn foliage
and the reeds and the cat o nine tails
all the fireweed had gone to seed
and the norway maples were in full autumn color
as were most of the other plants
October is a good month for foraging mushrooms but to my knowledge these were not edible
lots to focus in on
but the surprise was the thistle going to seed
what started out looking raggedy
soon developed into something quite amazing
i've seem many thistles throughout the years but none like these. maybe i just never took the time to look close enough
astoundingly beautiful. we walked back toward the lake in silence knowing that we had witnessed something truly wonderful
Amazing photos. I'm impressed with he last two pictures. 😊
that simple weed turned out to have amazing designs for the seeds
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Yes true. It looks very beautiful.
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thanks so much
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What a great walk such beauty there I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite photo
Thanks for joining the Wednesday walk
Have a great day
thanks that river was much nicer than i expected, otherwise we would have been there long ago
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