We have been keeping an eye on the height of the river that flows near-by our house. Because the ground is so saturated from the large amount of snow this winter, three days of rain has not soaked into the ground. This is a low water bridge close by that is flooded and impassable. The road on both sides of it is closed. We walked down for a better look and saw that these trees and other debris have created a dam that will need to be cleared after the water recedes.
It is easy to see the edge of the bridge in this picture.All those trees were floating down the river and got caught as they came to the edge of the bridge and then got hung up.
Tori had some fun pretending to be stranded. This picture shows the amount of flooding since nobody fences a river!We drove a short way to see the same river from a different angle. The girls noticed that while the water was still high, it was lower than yesterday.We are very grateful for a dry basement!
