Flood Fun

Every spring brings some degree of flooding (except last year). This isn't too bad, although yesterday there was about 3 hours of slight worry as to whether or not the water would pass over the highway. I didn't get picture of it, but we live very close to a creek that passes under the highway and ALL the field flooding (thousands of acres) from Fergus Falls to Breckenridge (28 miles worth) passes through our property into the creek which then feeds into the rivers and moves south. Our house is one of three that gets closely watched every year to make sure the water doesn't completely take over. We mostly just have to sit back and let the county and state do their work. It usually includes backhoes coming in  to break up the ice dams in the creek to make the water move faster. A couple years ago they built up some dykes around our property and raised the highway and our driveway a bit to help divert the water. All in all, it is a MESSY time of year for us.

The kids like it though....