CalTrans builds bridges over these rocky places, and puts signs on them that say " xxx RIVER".
Now, I have seen RIVERS, and here in Pennsylvania, RIVERS are places where you find WATER!!! 
Go here and click the Penns Landing Panoramic Picture or Video Tour
or even … try this picture to see what WATER in a RIVER looks like! 
CalTrans builds bridges over these rocky places, and puts signs on them that say " xxx RIVER".
Now, I have seen RIVERS, and here in Pennsylvania, RIVERS are places where you find WATER!!!
Go here and click the Penns Landing Panoramic Picture or Video Tour
or even … try this picture to see what WATER in a RIVER looks like!
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Flash44:
Quote: "Originally posted by AAJumper:
LOL…even stranger is the “rivers” in Las Vegas. I designed a bunch of concrete channels in Las Vegas, and I’m sure people are thinking “what in the world do we need these for???” "
Skateboarding and rollerblading, duh.
F44 - Once a nerd, always a nerd.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
LOL…the scary thing is, I remember doing that as a kid!
Hee hee…some brillant politician once proposed that we use the LA River as a freeway during the dry season. But don’t let it fool you during the dry season…the LA river can carry several thousand (I am thinking at least 35,000 cfs in some parts) cubic feet of water per second when it finally does rain. And in some places it travels over 40 feet per second. During one particularily rainy year, one of the flood control dams actually worked as designed, and someone didn’t close the roads that run through it fast enough. Oops! Many people were surprised that there was actually water ponded there! Yes, folks, that’s what a dam is for, hee hee!!!
Can you tell I used to work for the Corps of Engineers in Los Angeles?
I learned to ride at a stable next to a concrete river in the Los Angeles area. That was 30+ years ago.
our rivers have water in them even when it hasn’t rained in months …
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> When I moved to Tucson, AZ from Oregon I went through the same thought process. There was a sign that said “Rillito” (Ree-e-toe) River. Not a drop of water.
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I used to do my gallop sets in there!
Laura
LOL…even stranger is the “rivers” in Las Vegas. I designed a bunch of concrete channels in Las Vegas, and I’m sure people are thinking “what in the world do we need these for???”
And I bet you didn’t have a speck of mud on ya’!
“The older I get, the better I used to be, but who the heck cares!”
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by AAJumper:
LOL…even stranger is the “rivers” in Las Vegas. I designed a bunch of concrete channels in Las Vegas, and I’m sure people are thinking “what in the world do we need these for???” <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Skateboarding and rollerblading, duh.
F44 - Once a nerd, always a nerd.
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by NancyL:
I learned to ride at a stable next to a concrete river in the Los Angeles area. That was 30+ years ago.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Isn’t there one near Burbank next to the LA River called “River’s Edge Stables”? Ha ha…sounds very scenic, next to a river and all…yeah, a concrete one! 
Bringing back memories…
I used to jog past boathouse row everyday. Funny story:
When I moved to Philly from my beloved Southern CA, I asked what the boathouses were. And someone told me they were “boathouses”. OK - So what are they NOW? Restaurants or something? It never occured to me that people can actually travel by means of river. As you stated SoEasy - we have no reason for boathouses along the LA river.
I still didn’t believe them until one day a door was open and sure enough - they kept “boats” in there!
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SoEasy:
and hunky muscular guys row the boats every morning of the year (if you are crazy enough to go down there before it is light out!)
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These guys are the ones our entire school drools over and half the girls at my school are dating them. PPD is extremely jealous, and is doing crew this spring
E
and hunky muscular guys row the boats every morning of the year (if you are crazy enough to go down there before it is light out!)
They close the West River Drive a couple times a year, and build grandstands, and have major major regattas on the river … the Dad Vail is one, and …??? (SoEasy has brain freeze)
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SoEasy:
CalTrans builds bridges over these rocky places, and puts signs on them that say " xxx RIVER".
Now, I have seen RIVERS, and here in Pennsylvania, RIVERS are places where you find WATER!!! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
When I moved to Tucson, AZ from Oregon I went through the same thought process. There was a sign that said “Rillito” (Ree-e-toe) River. Not a drop of water.
The local explanation was, “Yah, but when it rains it really gets full.” 
My response was, “In Oregon we call those drainage ditches.”
End of discussion.
“The older I get, the better I used to be, but who the heck cares!”
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Cactuskate:
When I moved to Tucson, AZ from Oregon I went through the same thought process. There was a sign that said “Rillito” (Ree-e-toe) River. Not a drop of water.
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AAAAHHHH…you are bringing back memories for me, Cactuskate!!! That is the first project I worked on when I was in hydraulics section at the Corps! We did a bank stabilization project on that river, and I had to compute the water surface elevation during the 100-year event. 32,000 cubic feet per second in that thing!!! Anyway, I had to go out there once with my boss, and of course it was hot and super windy. So he pulls off the road and illegaly parks the car, only to then realize that he locked the keys inside!!! He didn’t live that down for a LONG time!!!
Okay, to keep this horse related, a lot of those projects are designed with equestrian trails along the edge.
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