Cabin Anniversary-Part Two

Richard went down very early this morning to check on things...It had gone down some

as you can see by the side of the building....water was still in there and he figured maybe

got in there a foot and a half...First time for everything...right?

I studied on this picture trying to see what things were like inside.....hard to tell.

Even some of it look unfamiliar, I guess because things moved around some??

Little table we used to use to clean fish on....should be ok...we had it up

in the woods! Never thought it would get that high..

We had left that table on the deck..it has  a rather heavy metal base, so figured it

would be ok.......Sure anxious for the water to go down so we can get down

there and check it out better...and then to start the clean-up. Not sure when we

will have water back on down there since the well is also under water...

It could have been worse, and considering it all feel pretty lucky...

Cabin Anniversary

My parents bought a trailer to use at the river back in 1968....August 8 to be exact.

45 years ago.....the old trailer was moved and replaced in the early 90's with our 

current cabin.....Has never been flooded...yet.... The first several pictures here 

were taken between two and three this afternoon....MODOT closing the highway and 

directing traffic....

Bridge closed.

High water....

We had put things up high...but then they raised the crest...We realized

the water would likely get into the cabin this time so we went down to

move things inside up higher...We had to climb down the bluff/hill..Not

an easy walk...then had to wade through the floodwaters to get in..

the down river side of the cabin..

Molly photo-bombing this neat rock formation on our way back 

up the bluff hill..

These pictures were taken around seven thirty in the evening....river higher now, 

numbers on the pillars not showing.

South end of the bridge....according to the markers here this is higher than the 1982

flood...and was still rising..

Richard took these pictures...neat fog over the river...

Looking upriver...towards Spring Creek..

Taken from the North end of the bridge...

And a pretty sunset to end the day.

Richard is planning on going back over the bluff in the morning...will post pictures he takes...
We are hoping for the best, but have accepted the fact that water is in there. So many people
have so much more worse things to deal with, so not going to complain. We sure have had a lot of
good times down there over the years! Many, many memories....

Wildflower Wednesday

Wild Lettuce

Black-eyed Susan

Some kind of Perennial Phlox

Blue Sage

Mother Nature

We went down to the cabin this evening to secure things in preparation for

the high water....Mother Nature played a trick on us as this big hickory limb

had broken off and was against the cabin....luckily it did no damage...other

than to break our little clothesline. Of course we didn't have a saw with us, 

so he chained it to the truck and pulled it away from the building. We think

we are pretty lucky it didn't do any damage!

Large piece of a tree floating down the river....we took this picture while up by the old cabin...We went up there

to move our neighbor's boat and lawn chairs to higher ground.

Molly thought it was all great fun...She even managed to find a bunch 

of rocks and lay them around so we could find them another day with

the lawn mower....silly dog!

Looking down river...

Butterfly on the rock walkway

Looks so bare with most things gone.....tied the tables up and now will 

hand it back over to Mother Nature for a while and hope for the best...

Pretty sunset on our way back to town....

The high water is not coming at a  good time for us....as we have company coming from two
different states....they always just love it down there, but they may have to stay with us here
in town....either way we will have a good time...They are really fun people and we are
looking forward to seeing them!

Mute Monday

Saturday Randoms

We had lunch at this place on our anniversary...it is just outside of St. James. 

They were pretty busy with what appeared to be local people...and it

was pretty good!

Window ledge of a building in St. James...limestone...looked pretty neat!

Old Stag sign.

The VBS closing was that night...this is part of their stage display. Looks like

quite a bit of work/planning went into it...looked pretty neat!

What greeted me when I got our mail the other day....

Caused me to jump back...but isn't he a cute little guy?

Richard mowed around this little clump of flowers when he did the ditch....so 

glad he left those for all to enjoy!

Taken yesterday...Surprise lillies just say "August" to me! I didn't know until recently

that some people call these "Naked Ladies"

Happy Anniversary!

Wishing a very happy anniversary today to my better half! Thirty-two years! 

Earlier in the Summer up by Nagagomi...trying to get a signal so we could 

call my Uncle Kendall and brag about how we were on the river!

With some of is surveying stuff in Westphalia...after climbing a super steep hill..

Manning the fire at the cabin...

With two of his best buddies!

Unplanned matching plaid at his retirement party..

We sure have had some good times!