Colorado needed rain, we were dried out, cracked out and burned out. But be careful what you wish for. We needed the rain, but maybe not all in a few hours...
The creek that runs behind our house turned into a ragging river sweeping away anything that happened to be in its path, roads, bridges, trees... and the whole time I had
Johnny Cash going through my head.
We happen to live at a part of the river where there are steep sand cliffs and before Thursday it was about a 35 foot drop to the water, by Friday morning at 1am there was only about eight inches between the ragging water and the top of the cliffs. Thankfully the water didn't get any higher.
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| Thursday afternoon |
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| Thursday |
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| Thursday |
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| Thursday |
By Friday morning we were sleep deprived, and thankful. Not everyone was a lucky as we were. The old tree is hanging on, and the water is going down. The landscape will be different, the creek will keep flowing and someday we will all get back to day to day life.
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| old tree |
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| Saturday |
