april flood

April showers bring...a lake!  I don't know if I've ever seen a school cancelled because of flooding, but we enjoyed having Matt home for the day!  We got our cars out of the driveway to higher ground about an hour before our driveway flooded over.  We also were able to get everything that we wanted to spare out of our cellar before 3-4 inches filled up that space.  I've seen some devastating floods before, but this is the closest I have ever experienced it coming up to our house.  I was sure glad to have my trusty rain boots from good ol' Theisens!

Looking south from our house.  The intersection was flooded at least 1/2 a block going both ways.  Two cars were stuck there already at 6:00 am, at least over their headlights at the worst point.  

From our driveway, looking towards the street.  Someone's pallet and trash decided to make our lawn it's new home.

Our backyard...the water didn't quite make it to the house.

So we've been having a groundhog problem under our shed....I guess this is one way to fix that problem!

This walking path usually goes under St. Charles Rd - no so much anymore!

The park in our backyard - can't even see the swings!

 From the bridge next to the park looking at our house (we are between the yellow and blue houses).