Val suggested
that we bike to a nearby lake but forgot to tell me that the route was pretty
much straight up. It was so steep that
even she had to stop once to catch her breath – whoa!
The lake is
artificial, formed by a small dam built at a narrow point in a gorge. The original dam was built by the Romans over
2,000 years ago and was the first barrage
voûte (arch dam)
in history. An arch dam is a
particularly strong and efficient kind of dam, well-suited for gorges and
canyons.
Those Romans,
they were pretty awesome engineers – I guess you could call them the Stanford grads of the ancient
world.
KVS
There’s the
dam behind me
A nice spot for a picnic
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