One
time when Joyce and I were there the water was very low, but of course all we
had for
reference points were the State signs by the highway
and where the pavement changed.
Let me
know when you decide to go and maybe we could meet you there. Might be
able to
get
info on river levels from the Park Service in Harpers
Ferry.
Jack
thanx jack & glad you are with
us
& what do you think of the new mdvawv probability
i am
preparing to make a fresh try there
during the next prolonged drop in the
water table
by following or leading the terminal segment of the new vawv
line
down to the edge of the river & if necessary even into the
river
til i am sure i have gone far enough to reach the truest available
low water line
a low water line is a variable line in any case
& more elusive
than say a high water line or a thalweg because rarely
visible
nor is it even guessable nor visitable with much
confidence
unless one happens to know its officially assigned
geoposition
which we still do not
yet of course thats only because
it doesnt seem to have a fixed
position yet
etc
anyway i know
all of this is still looking pretty vague
but i can probably do a little
better with some legal help
for i have found no qualification nor even
any mention of this low
water line in the applicable law except as the low
water line plain
& simple
& i believe there is legal
precedent to interpret such a reference
to a low water line as simply the
rivers edge at mean low water
rather than at historically lowest low
water
& i believe such a mean low water line is normally understood
as the annual average low water line
rather than
& as quite
distinct from
say the low water level of the century
& given
the breadth of the river bed there
the horizontal difference between these
2 distinct vertical levels
could be huge
so there is every reason to
distinguish & handle them carefully
& what i think the
distinction if correct means for the try is that if
only the season is dry
enough in a routine sort of way rather than
at all necessarily drought
stricken in a big way
then the tripoint should still be makeable class b
with perhaps
one dry foot & no equipment
even if it still wont be
more precisely pinpointed than to within
probably a very few feet along a
fixed sight line
would you agree
Yes