Before we went for a walk earlier this week, we first had to find a place that wasn't a path of mud, or a new stream with mud underneath. Mud was fun when I was little, before I was responsible for cleaning it up; these days, not so much.
So we settled for the campground at Chain O' Lakes State Park, where the roads between the sites are paved, and that worked out pretty well.
As long as you didn't go off the paved roads.
Elsewhere things are the same as they are all over the Midwest--soggy. The park's beach is gone, and a beaver dam we spotted over the winter is either washed away, or completely underwater. Every swampy area around is now a lake, although I suspect that's not going to cut down on the mosquitoes.
Last I heard, we were about two and a half inches over our normal rainfall for April, and April's usually a pretty rainy month. Still, there are places that have it way worse than us, especially those near major rivers.
Besides, April flowers bring ... well, you know.
Lovely last shot!
ReplyDeleteWe're dealing with high waters at present here. Hopefully the current weather, sunny days, continues for a couple of weeks so the river levels can go down.
Boy, everybody's dealing with high waters. I read just tonight that they're expecting some of the Great Lakes to peak at record high levels this year--after record low levels not too many years ago.
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