Episode 184: Pilgrimage and Return

Terrastina rides her bicycle to the dam. An aluminum cantilever tower, holding power lines that snake up the cliff overlooking the river, blinks red lights, warning low flying craft to stay away. The engineers have reduced the flow of water through the dam. The shoreline on the down river side shows a dry band of exposed rock, white like bone. Terrastina sits on the grass overlooking the intake end of the fish ladder. Salmon have journeyed here from the ocean, a hundred miles away, following some mysterious instinct. Terrastina flips open her sketch book and begins drawing the salmon.

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