Well. We've had an odd few days, weather-wise. It got up to 9º C on Tuesday, and 11º C and plenty of rain on Wednesday... then fell off again to minus 2 on Thursday. So, we had some major flooding at Creekside. It was incredible. We had so much snow, and then most of it melted. Fast. It was kind of amazing to watch it disappear!
It was flooding all the way back to the road this time. (The water had already started to recede when these pictures were taken.)
The posts you see are our bridge. It's an underwater bridge, now! :)
These posts are from our former mess hall/storage shed/etc. It didn't survive through the 116km/hr winds we had a few times this winter. Sniff. But, you see the little white dots in front of the posts? That's the other set of posts... with water bottles on them. It's that deep.
And yesterday, our yearly spring visitors made an early arrival. Rebekah saw them first, and was so excited! (You can see the water bottles more clearly in this picture. That's how fast it changes in one day!) And, that's fresh snow you're seeing. Sigh. I know it's only February, but I'm ready for spring!
The geese are enjoying the pile of water! I think there's about 8 of them this year.
So, that's been the excitement here for the last few days. Our basement held out quite well, but succumbed to the water once it started to rain on top of all the snow melting. It'll be interesting to see how the weather is this coming spring and summer. Last year was a wet one, and the ground is still so saturated. Our garden loved it, but I hope we have a few more dry days this year! :)
The posts you see are our bridge. It's an underwater bridge, now! :)
These posts are from our former mess hall/storage shed/etc. It didn't survive through the 116km/hr winds we had a few times this winter. Sniff. But, you see the little white dots in front of the posts? That's the other set of posts... with water bottles on them. It's that deep.
And yesterday, our yearly spring visitors made an early arrival. Rebekah saw them first, and was so excited! (You can see the water bottles more clearly in this picture. That's how fast it changes in one day!) And, that's fresh snow you're seeing. Sigh. I know it's only February, but I'm ready for spring!
The geese are enjoying the pile of water! I think there's about 8 of them this year.
So, that's been the excitement here for the last few days. Our basement held out quite well, but succumbed to the water once it started to rain on top of all the snow melting. It'll be interesting to see how the weather is this coming spring and summer. Last year was a wet one, and the ground is still so saturated. Our garden loved it, but I hope we have a few more dry days this year! :)
The sun came out at about 4 pm, so I headed down to the campsite to have a look.
The bridge is floating about 1½ feet above the water. None of the trailers are underwater, although the water is about 2" from the bottom of the tent trailer. It's shocking what "only" two inches of water will do.
The kids found some sort of cave on the other side of the willow tree. I wonder what kind of animal lives there?
