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8-26-07
Took a quick trip down into some closed off roads on my way up town to snap a few pictures of the swollen river. All of them are primarily in the same stretch since I was sort of in a hurry. It actually crested a little over a foot higher after these pictures were taken. This really isn't too exciting though considering I've seen this river flood much higher than this in the past. August rains were just torrential and eventually the landscape ran out of places to put it. It didn't take long for the waters to start rising.
This shot is shortly after squeezing through the "Road Closed Ahead" barricades turning onto the road. I was pretty surprised to see the water up this high in the fields considering the river is approximately 2 miles from this area. Water table were at a max I'd say.
This was shot from the main road (only road) going through Osborn. Normally the river can't even be seen from this location. Normal river level is about 10-15 feet past that last tree just to the right of that shed. That thing was probably 7-8 feet tall to put in perspective how high the water was.
Again, water level is about 10-15 feet past that last tree right in the center. This was standing right off the shoulder of the road. I'm still trying to figure out if the water actually came up and over the road after I was here. It had to have been pretty dang close.
I don't know too much about horses, but this thing was either bothered by something or he was just trying to get some excercise. He was trotting around that little cage over and over and over again. You can't see it but the water was actually starting to flood into the pen where it slopes down. Every time he'd make a turn he'd just eye me like he wanted me to let him out or something.
Chickens were sure having a feast. I've never seen them running around like this, but I'm thinking their cage was under water or something so the owner let them out. I constantly saw them pluck worms from the ground. It was pretty funny watching them for some reason. Then again I'm pretty easily amused.
This was someone's driveway. I'm pretty far off the river right now. Even though the land is pretty flat just off the banks, this was still kind of impressive. The water was flowing pretty good over that tie in the lower center. I saw a TON of carp just grazing the flooded bank too, but every time I'd walk up to try and grab a shot, they'd get freaked and hurry off.
Lundeen's Landing is just off to the left here. This is actually pretty significant here. I've never seen the road completely under like this. A few days prior I had driven through here near the I-80 bridge (which is around the corner quite a ways) and it was only halfway up my tire. If I tried this now it'd be damn near up to my window. This was a pretty cool site.
The main office at Lundeen's. Those stilts were pretty tall too. Sucks for them business-wise, but I was sure happy to get the chance to grab some action around here finally, albeit sort of boring.
Looking back to where I came from.
This was pretty convenient. I've noticed this shot for quite some time now and always wanted to get a shot. I like the tree and the white fence running along the road. The only thing I wanted differently though was to be almost right up against the fence. Obviously I couldn't do that here. I might just try and get another one some other time. It may not be much, but I see it every day on the way home from work and just kind of grabs your attention, especially with bright blue skies.
That's pretty high. That's well away from the river as well. Man that had to have stunk when the water receded.
After making a 22-point turnaround, I started heading back the other way. Yeah, turning radius in that thing isn't the best.
On the other side of the road, there were literally hundreds of frogs jumping right off of the gravel shoulder and into the ditch. I couldn't believe how many there were. Obviously there will be some near water, but this was an unusual amount. It was pretty strange. I was actually just fooling around and trying to get a shot of one, but I saw this little guy instead. yeah, not much, but eh, whatever.
Heading back the way I came. I think it's safe to say there was currently nobody living in that house. The water was just under their deck which was up on stilts.
Yep, more flooding. I've also never seen water up in this yard.
This is the south entrance to my favorite backroad. It's been awhile since it has been under water. I just assumed they trenched something new to divert the flood waters, but apparently not. I didn't have time to actually go down the road.
This was heading down a backroad that I've again never seen close to water. I wish I would have taken a shot of some cows splashing around in it. They are straight ahead in this shot. It was pretty funny. The two bigger ones would keep dunking their heads and the babies would hop around, almost like kittens, every time they did it.
This is looking eastbound toward I-80. Actually, a few days later I would be standing in about a foot and a half of water right here. I really should have went down then, but this was kind of the only time I had to do this.
