Mud meets silt*

Mud meets silt - the day after


Muddy creek at its highest

It has been a wet summer so far. Yesterday, for the second time in three weeks, we experienced torrential rain for more than 24 hours. Within hours, the creek rose rapidly. The river followed soon thereafter. Our second bridge across the creek was destroyed by the water. Again, we had to evacuate the beach. A vast number of land slides can be found along the river between here and Raven.

My water hole - flooded

Today morning it cleared up. Still, lots of driftwood is coming down the river, along with the occasional treasure (we harvested an empty jerrycan, a piece of plywood and a broken plastic container).

Amongst useful things, we also find quite a bit of garbage along the river

When I went up the creek today morning, Lance caught up with me just as I had reached the creek where the bridge had been. In his usual manner, he was bolting past me. Too late he realized that the bridge was gone, and in the blink of an eye he made up his mind (I could hear his thoughts: have to stop – no, cannot stop – oh no – have to jump) and tried to jump across the creek – he landed in the middle of it. Luckily, the creek had already slowed down; had Lance attempted his stunt yesterday, he might have been swept away.

Here is Lance on the other side of the creek – still wet but in good spirits.


Clearing up

*While the creek is usually clear, the river carries lots of glacial silt until late in the fall. With all that rain, the creek picked up rocks, sand, trees and dirt.