What a treat! Thank you, Lynn, for setting this up. I'm already enjoying it. Mary Lou and I are here at the River because we all got a big August surprise. Our River has NEVER flooded in August, nobody can remember when something like this has happened, but we're having a real flood. The weather front stalled over us and it started to rain about 10 days ago, mainly in Minnesota, so we thought we would probably get some high water but then it kept raining. The first forecasts were for a river stage of 10 feet here- normal summer stage is about 7 feet. A few days later, still raining, the forecasts went to 11 and I started to be a little concerned about the dock and the Whalers. A few days later, still raining, the forecasts went to 12 and I came to McGregor prepared to pull the boats and tie the dock to the shore so if it pulled loose at least it would be where we could find it. It is now at 13 and looks like it is falling but will be high for at least another week. It is a gorgeous River, even in flood because there is no wind and the surface is absolutely flat. The flood has pulled a lot of duckweed out of the backwaters and there are streaks of light green trailing along the surface.
We had a great time with all of you here, and the pictures are really enjoyable. We're looking forward to seeing pictures from the rest of you. We'd post ours if we could find our camera. It's not permanently lost, just resting in a place not known to us right now. I have developed a bad habit that maybe some of you can relate to, putting things down and then forgetting where I put them. Love to all.
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