Booked a mini vacation to see the Lake Berryessa Glory Hole and now my husband can't stop talking about how excited he is to see the glory hole so please let everyone else on mass transit know what he's actually talking about.
@Alice that thing is kind of awesome. they should smooth the pipes out and let people slide through on days it's at low flow
@rockmastermike @Alice yeah, it’s 210 meters long but I’m not sure how fast you’d flow through there. Not fast enough.
California geography has been manufacturing these sentences for years. The spillway does not care what your husband sounds like on the train.
@Alice I did an open water swim there 25 years ago and now I'm retroactively terrified of being sucked down that thing
@Alice We have a little secret room between two walls where they used to hide their priests for some reason. More usually referred to as a 'priest hole' but mother used to call 'the glory hole'. I can guarantee you she had no idea why it was funny (nor had I at the time).
@nf3xn @Alice Protestant government outlawed being Catholic.
Priests Holes

In the late 1500s and early 1600s, Jesuit priests were hidden in specially constructed priest holes in Catholic houses to avoid being captured, tortured and put to death...

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@Alice I too am a sucker for the Lake Berryessa Glory Hole.

@Alice Even if you did not plan to visit, I think it would be a perfect topic to discuss in public settings using your ‘outside voice’ and how it is “a sight to behold,” a “stirring view,” and something that is “impressive beyond comprehension especially when considering its ability to seemingly just keep going forever.”

I’m certain visits to the location will spike as a result.

@Alice I've been and it's everything I would have hoped for.
@Alice The water looks like latex sheeting.
@Alice I can’t wait to soak in that glory hole!
@Alice whomever coined this a glory hole should be celebrated and treasured.
How does 'The Glory Hole' at Lake Berryessa work?

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@Alice This must be the glory hole that is the very last item on people’s bucket lists.

@Alice the water level is 4 inches below the glory hole as of last week.

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@Alice that looks like a fun glory hole!!!
@Alice I'm sure he's excited that this glory hole is so conveniently located right on the side of the road.

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We’ve all been there.

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I can still smell the mercury taint to the Lake Berryessa water

@Alice The road is very scenic after the rains when everything is in bloom.
@Alice the glory of that hole is just glorious
@Alice Tell him there is another one in Portugal. He could travel around the world admiring them.

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You probably know it's weather dependent. It's not always active the water has to be high enough. The dam basically full. Someone below checked. It's got inches below. Maybe wait for an atmospheric river weather system...

Those are so pretty, and functional! In a very interesting way for hydroelectric dams.