We tried to go hiking today, only to drive out into the Columbia River Gorge to discover that, out there, it’s raining.

So, we visited Bonneville Dam. Guess what the ranger dude said? They actually shut the turbines down when the power “isn’t needed.” Politics demand that the hydroelectric producers not produce more than their current share of the market. At least, that’s what the guy said, and it does sound like politics.