21 May 2006

NAcho CHEeSe River

Anyone who has frequented my blog knows that I like to call the Naches River, the Nachos River. This is not entirely accurate. The river's true name is the Nacho Cheese River, but the locals use the slang Naches (NAcho CHEeSe). Kindof catchy huh? Well, this river flows along US highway 12 here in Yakima. The river has been eroding away at the roadway and to combat this the WSDOT has been armoring the banks.
A more offensive approach to dealing with the erosion is under design now. It's objective is to divert the river away from the roadside towards the hillside (left side of the pic). You can learn more about this project here.

2 comments:

Benjamin Cutler said...

They should've used white corn tortilla chips, they taste better.

Arnold said...

Damn. That's a lot of calories.