River is down in Leclaire

I went to Chicago for business for a couple of days, so I got a bit behind.  The river is comfortably back in its banks, but it has left behind a muddy film on everything.  And there are a lot of dead earthworms on the ground, they drowned when the river came up.  So here [...]

Not our river clothes

We went out to dinner at one of the two nice restaurants in Leclaire, so we decided to take some photos.
Here is Kim:

Next is me, with our two show dogs, Cardigan Welsh Corgis, Russ and Music, on leash.

Second Crest

Tomorrow night we are supposed to crest at 14.4 feet which is considered a major flood.  Apparently because of the lateral dam we have a special spot that makes us less susceptible to the flooding.     We spent the day sending big logs and junk hung up on the docks downstream.  We also spent time reviewing the [...]

Crazy drive home from Cedar Rapids

We left a farm north of Cedar Rapids last night about 7.   The skies were gray, sprinkling rain.  But we spotted cloud to ground lightning off to the west.  So we thought we ought to book it back east, but the Iowa DOT closed a portion of interstate 80 at 8 pm.  Seems like the [...]

Cedar Rapids

Okay, we are nuts.   We wanted to see the new Cardigan Welsh Corgis puppies just north of Cedar Rapids. So we set out, and decided to snake northeast and try to avoid I-80.  So we went towards Cedar Rapids on US 30.  Of course, once we got near the Cedar River, the police just started to [...]

Flood again???

The water is just as high today as it was at the earlier crest.  It just keeps raining.  I saw a video of some flooding up in Wisconsin, Lake Delton drained and cut a new path to the Wisconsin River, houses fell into the lake, and that all drains into the Mississippi north of here.  [...]

River is down, down

The river has dropped three feet here already, just a week after flood stage.  The dock went half way out today, on purpose.  We have been frantic busy.  We moved all the stuff back down to the cottage and we are here for the summer.  I can’t take a picture of the empty garage in [...]

Going down, rain up north

We have backed off the crest a bit and we did not get flooded!!  Rain up north is predicted, but they don’t think it will cause the river to go back up much, but then one never knows.  We plan on moving the furniture back to the cottage this weekend.
Here are the update photos

Looks like [...]

One more thing — tourists

Sightseers, tourists, they were all driving up and down Canal Shore Drive this weekend.  The road runs in front of our house, between the house and river.  Frankly, they were a nuisance.  They did not offer to get out and help.  Rather they just kept driving when we were walking back and forth over the [...]

Crest Day Tomorrow April 29 2008

Weather was nasty today, it even snowed.  We went checked on the level, did not seem too bad.

Notice something missing?

How about the gangway?  I am told it is secured under the dock.
Here is a video of the deep water rushing past the I-80 bridge piers.  The normal river level is about six blocks down:       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ocLfMxd204
At [...]