With all of the rainfall over the past few weeks and the large amount of snowpack that ran off during the month of June the Wyoming region has an abundant amount of water. The reservoirs around the region are full and still having to dump water. The Pathfinder Dam is about thirty minutes from Casper and hasn't had water go over the spillway since 1984. Needless to say it is just not flowing a little over. The first picture is of the suspension bridge under the dam.
Looking back onto the river from the just above the bridge
To understand a little how high the water is flowing right now look at the walkway that is under water. The railing is even completely underwater.
The spillway flowing with just a little bit of water. I am not sure how tall the waterfall is but a rough guesstimate is around 150-200 feet.
On the suspension bridge looking up towards the dam.
T, Z and D hanging out on the bridge before hiking up to the top of the dam.
Tr posing with Z and H on the bridge just below the dam. The white in the background is the spillway and water flowing over the dam.
Tr walking across the suspension bridge just below the dam. Tr is not a big fan of being on bridges and especially ones that bounce when you walk across them. But she went across it two times without too much issue.
Z was not very keen on hanging out in one of the carts that used to hall equipment across the dam.
All of the water is coming over the spillway. Water hasn't gone over the spillway in 26 years so it is kind of neat.
I was walking behind Tr and the girls and took this picture. I told Tr that the picture would look good edited like this and it worked...Wow sometimes I even impress myself HA HA HA
Tr, H and Z walking back down the trail to the vehicle. 
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