Conditions at the C-51 Canal

Yesterday, Jim Stafford came over with his new Phantom drone and we went to Spillway Park to check it out. He was kind enough to let me try my hand at the controls. This is one of the pictures snagged while the device was in flight:

While there, we took the regular camera and recorded the deplorable amount of debris and rubbish that is being held back from going through the floodgate structure. These pictures are of the area just out of the frame and to the left of the above picture:

 Birds were walking on this stuff.