tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post3706763092080874443..comments2023-04-28T04:10:44.539-07:00Comments on My Back 40 (Feet): Pulgas Water Templechuck b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-44879193526896206162015-07-11T03:21:16.298-07:002015-07-11T03:21:16.298-07:00I, too, have vivid memories from the late 50's...I, too, have vivid memories from the late 50's of being lifted up to the temple's edge at age 5 and peering down below - completely shocked by the powerful, roaring, terrifying water rushing in from all sides. It was humanly impossible not to briefly imagine falling in and want to quickly get away … VERY scary! <br /><br />Two years later, at age 7, I was alone at the dirt turnout on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-76925050132219477652015-07-11T03:13:09.711-07:002015-07-11T03:13:09.711-07:00I, too, have vivid memories from the late 50's...I, too, have vivid memories from the late 50's of being lifted up to the temple's edge at age 5 and peering down below - completely shocked by the powerful, roaring, terrifying water rushing in from all sides. It was humanly impossible not to briefly imagine falling in and want to quickly get away … VERY scary! <br /><br />Two years later, at age 7, I was alone at the dirt turnout on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-2865677975326214742014-11-12T06:41:36.223-08:002014-11-12T06:41:36.223-08:00Thank you! I thought my memory was slipping (or I ...Thank you! I thought my memory was slipping (or I was more stoned than I thought, "back in the day") but one of my few memories of the 60's was watching the water gushing through the Temple. Sorry to hear they had to cover it up but good to know I haven't totally lost it at 63 ;~)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09324567243485692862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-22575347862760670812013-09-10T08:17:24.423-07:002013-09-10T08:17:24.423-07:00We went there several times when I was a child. It...We went there several times when I was a child. It was wide open and one of the scariest places I ever saw. I always had the most awful compunction to jump into it. It is still frightening to think about. My first visit was in the mid 50's.ladychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880381777855888160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-54880621155161900402013-03-28T15:48:34.027-07:002013-03-28T15:48:34.027-07:00I, too, have distinct memories of peering over the...I, too, have distinct memories of peering over the edge being held fast by my father. The force and power of the water was terrifying and haunts my dreams to this day. <br />It was only through this post that I validated that strange experience.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00989205036723646050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-47114074561416310602012-05-09T14:20:29.128-07:002012-05-09T14:20:29.128-07:00Yep, back in the hippie days, we'd come down f...Yep, back in the hippie days, we'd come down from SF and chill there -- smoking something was very much involved.<br />In those days it was a wide open basin <br />and to see the tremendous flow of water through it was a total rush, in more than one way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-38124378546392743572010-07-23T03:52:10.680-07:002010-07-23T03:52:10.680-07:00It was most definitely wide open many years ago - ...It was most definitely wide open many years ago - I can tell you a little story... my fraternity at a nearby college (shall remain nameless) held our clandestine initiations once a year on late-nite moonlit fall evenings here for several years in the mid 80's. After several fifths of Jack D, we'd walk the pledges through the shallow outer pool and then initiate them in the temple and I MattyFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-72200516404330456022010-01-23T12:53:18.592-08:002010-01-23T12:53:18.592-08:00That's how I remember it too.That's how I remember it too.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-91318801793576705452010-01-21T16:52:21.722-08:002010-01-21T16:52:21.722-08:00I seem to recall it somehow flowed in from all sid...I seem to recall it somehow flowed in from all sides and down the center. Anyone else have that recall, I was super small when Dad held me out over it....disnevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08327472493452146094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-71119189919045223602009-07-09T20:20:28.749-07:002009-07-09T20:20:28.749-07:00Drunk teenagers - because everyone wants a dead id...Drunk teenagers - because everyone wants a dead idiot in their drinking water. <br /><br />One of these days I hope to come up and visit my sister, looking forward to tasting that famous water!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597630887713954960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-34063319127540861442009-07-09T16:15:07.598-07:002009-07-09T16:15:07.598-07:00Totally unfamiliar with this temple. Cool post, as...Totally unfamiliar with this temple. Cool post, as always. AliceBay Area Tendrilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02559534912850380427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-76135276035046210932009-07-09T08:40:09.605-07:002009-07-09T08:40:09.605-07:00I have a distinct memory of looking down into the ...I have a distinct memory of looking down into the temple and seeing the rushing water when I was a kid. Funny how your post brought that back.Michellehttp://fromseedtotable.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com