Enough With the Spring Rains

 

I'm sure we're going to want the rain months from now but at the moment it's feeling like a bit much.  The ground is thoroughly saturated and the lakes are filling up to the point that they have to release water downstream.  And because each lake feeds into the next lake for overflow they all have to release at some point.

The gate to the lake at the side of one of the bridges is entirely underwater now.  The sign marking the gate is also now underwater.  Suffice to say you shouldn't try entering the lake from this point since you're bound to hit something you can't see.  A large majority of the trees we had been able to see in the lake, from when it was turned into a lake, are also now not visible.  Of course they're probably mostly rotted but they can still cause damage or at least make it difficult to maneuver around those areas in a boat.

Also on my way home recently I was routed down a road that had a bridge that was prone to flooding so much that it has gates on either side just in case it's under water.  I've seen this before and actually seen the gates in use down around the Venus area.  I had to walk for about 45 minutes to get back to my car since I couldn't find a ride.

Fortunately we're well above lake level by thirty feet or so.  One of the things I looked into when thinking about purchasing a house where we did.  So although we get the weather, we don't get the flooding like we've been hearing about with older neighborhoods where they didn't plan for rain events as much.  Individual houses were built up but not the roads or ditches.