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Old Hickory Lake Drawdown

Every now and then the water level on Old Hickory Lake is lowered to allow people to clean up shorelines and work on docks. It's been about 5 years since the last drawdown. You can walk on the shoreline for miles without walking on people's property.
raccoon2.jpg
raccoon2.jpg		 raccoon3.jpg
raccoon3.jpg		 Day 1 of drawdown
Day 1 of drawdown		 Day 2 of drawdown
Day 2 of drawdown
Day 3 of drawdown
Day 3 of drawdown		 Day 4
Day 4		 Shoreline
Shoreline		 Not visible when water at it's normal level
Not visible when water at it's normal level
Looking for bugs
Looking for bugs		 Enjoying the new hunting ground
Enjoying the new hunting ground		 shoreline
shoreline		 reflections
reflections
Layers
Layers		 Usually hidden
Usually hidden		 mussels and broke glass
mussels and broke glass		 river debris
river debris
shoreline
shoreline		 rocks and limbs sharing space
rocks and limbs sharing space		 sink or float
sink or float		 leaves floating
leaves floating
Hidden beneath the water
Hidden beneath the water		 Still hanging in there!
Still hanging in there!		 Raccoon tracks on the shoreline
Raccoon tracks on the shoreline		 Walking the shoreline
Walking the shoreline
River mussel that didn't make it.
River mussel that didn't make it.		 Humm...wonder if there is a pearl in there!
Humm...wonder if there is a pearl in there!		 definition of water logged
definition of water logged		 Floatation device not floating
Floatation device not floating
I was a cedar tree at one time
I was a cedar tree at one time		 shoreline
shoreline		 river mussel that the raccoon missed
river mussel that the raccoon missed		 tree roots usually underwater
tree roots usually underwater

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