switchyards are supplied from the dam’s generators by hundreds of five-inch thick lines with one and a half inch thick oil-impregnated insulation. The eleven 230 kilovolt and the five 500 kilovolt transmission lines leaving the switchyards deliver power to most all of Washington and much of northern Oregon.
“Boogie woogie, woogie … You can’t see it. It’s electric. Boogie woogie, woogie … Ooh, it’s shocking. It’s electric. Boogie woogie, woogie … You can’t hold it. It’s electric. Boogie woogie, woogie … You can’t do without it. It’s electric. Boogie woogie, woogie.” (Bunny Wailer, Electric Boogie)
Going to the Sun
The northern crossing route organized by TK&A took the cyclists through Glacier National Park in Montana and on the Going to the Sun Road, a truly exceptional route. The date was June 14, the last day until fall that bicyclists would be permitted on the narrow, twisty road after 11:00 am. We started on the western valley floor and cycled along the crystal clear, deep glacier waters of Lake McDonald. This route rises from 3,153 feet at the lake to 6,646 feet at Logan Pass. We looked up at long majestic waterfalls descending from the mountains in the mist far above us. We pedaled on, along switchbacks to the left and right and left and right and through tunnels cut into the mountain rock. By mid morning we viewed the waterfalls from their centers. Thunderous water was coming from above and crashing far, far below us where we had been that morning. Along one area of the road, named the Weeping Wall, the water showers over the cliff wall on to the edge of the roadway. We pedaled parallel to it and played and cycled in and under it. As we made our ascent, we occasionally stopped to pull on another layer of
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