One year we vacationed on Lake Marble Falls....aka Lake LBJ these days as you well know. We camped in a campground maybe within the city limits. The campground apparently existed as the land was unsuitable for anything else: Conspicuously posted were signs warning: If a big rain comes "Get outta Dodge". There was a horse shoe in the river/creek/whatever it was at the location of the camp and apparently what you are talking about comes across the shoe rather that follow the normal course.
That was the summer of 1960 and the vacation where I almost drowned in the Colorado River at the MF dam which was part of some hydroelectric system and operated as power was required. I was fishing the rip rap just below the dam for white bass. All of a sudden, with out the REQUIRED WARNING HORN I hear this rumbling noise and looking at the gate, all I see is water and it got higher and higher, swept me off the rocks and down the river. Almost didn't make it.
Here's the kicker: My mother was standing up on the side of the dam, where the concrete deflectors are, and saw me struggling, going under and all and there was nothing she could do about it......had to be hard on her. What's funny was that I was under water, couldn't get to the surface, moving down river and here is my thought: Do I dump my rod and reel, stringer of fish, or my 10 quart bait bucket, tied to my shirt. My mind processes the options: I need the rod and reel to continue fishing; I caught the fish and they were going to stay with me; I can use artificial baits and don't need the bait bucket. Off comes the shirt and away it and the bucket go and I make it to the top and a BIG gulp of air. What's funny is that the idea that I was fixing to breathe water instead of air never occurred to me.
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