floods

to update on the "flooding" which at this point is pretty fun...

this is our "seasonal creek" which flows from the top of the property down past (hopefully not through) the barn. Maia and Stella and Scott made boats and floated them down, and the last time i looked out the window they had inner tubes....

the house is high and dry!















This is the view from the barn, down the creek and across the field. you can barely see the gray sprawling house out there, which is now the edge of the Newaukum River.
Here's the "don't worry" disclaimer. We are the equivalent of 2 blocks (for you city dwellers) from that house, as well as elevated....












Here we are at the edge of the river now...looking back up the street (that's Daisy, our inherited dog). You can just see the green barn up there...that's where we are!



















Now here's the good stuff!
I am standing in the water on the road...you can see the cars on the bridge across the water...usually that bridge is about 10 feet above the river...
The blue house there is in the water. Where the mailbox is, the depth of the water is about 4 ft now.






I am standing in the same place in the road looking just to the right of the house. Do you see the yellow sign...just past that is where there is a parking area and the trail down to the river...DOWN TO THE RIVER! now it is the river. Can't see much more...but the main road is on the other side of the bridge..I'm not sure how far the river has gone up to that road...i'm assuming pretty far since i no longer hear cars on the road. Helicopters have started flying over, I'm sure checking out the damage...We hope that the people who lived right on the river have gotten out.
I just heard from neighbor that the Cowlitz river rose so much that she changed her coarse...WOW! i love motha natcha- as dreama just said to me the other day, she has been busy...both in the physical world and emotional.
We get a few days to stay home- with food aplenty and enough candy to last us till christmas.
We'll let you know if anything interesting happens...although, without tv or newspapers the only thing we know is how Guerrier Rd is! aaaaahhhh a simple life.
oh yes, we did get to vote...Washington has a Mail - In Ballot that you do, and we mailed last week.
lets hope for good and wonderful changes. maybe the water is trying to cleanse things.
There's a break in the rain now...i'm going out to loook at flood damage!!!!