Grrrr dogs destroyed a chunk of yard.  going to take several bags of dirt. and start over with grass. Took me all season last year to get it decent in that spot. 

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

ok pounding in fence posts is a lot harder than i remember ... 

Yay 3" + of rain almost instantly. Yard and back porch are flooded.   Park flooded, part of the main road in town, washed away.  I heard a lot of flooding up north too. Thankfully i had an old submersible pool pump from back when we had our pool. Glad i was in my typical "better keep it, might need it some day"... (  some day is today :) ) Slow going but its going down.. which is all that matters.   And a couple of floor fans in the garage. 

Ya, i know, could be a lot worse.  Near where i grew up the entire town was washed away one spring around 15 years ago.   But its still not fun.

Normally it just gets 'wet' with a few puddles. dogs love it. ( and love tracking in mud for a week...grrr ). Been here 23 years, first time its ever got high enough to be able to get into the garage. That was a shock. When i went out to check on the gutters. "ack".  We have lots of trees around these parts, so even if they were clean, they seem to magically clog quickly. I think leaves teleport.. So i check before storms, and when it slows down enough i dont get drenched ( or hit with lightning, my ladders are aluminium  ).

Lol. Tomorrow its snows.

gotta love the Midwest. 

And last night 3" of rain..  yay more flooding.

One of the parks i take the dogs, has the main state river going thru it and a trail that goes along side the river.  ( told that story before about how it washed away the town back around 2008  ).

I knew it would be a bit wet due to the rain we got, but took one of the dogs there today anyway. it must be at least 5' above flood stage. trail is flooded at our normal rest area ( 'picnic' area ), parking lot down by the 'public access dock', where we normally park is mostly gone. i suspect day or two ago it was totally underwater. The signs for the dock, underwater..  Wooded area, gone.  Main parking area, still there but its a little bit higher ground.   Sort of like the old days when the town was still there.  With the houses having a flood stain mark at the window line and town being flooded every spring. 

Picture for those who care below.  Normally the bank is 5+ feet down to the water there near the first bench. To the left is a gravel pit. That water was rushing across the trail towards it like a fire hydrant.  I bet the trail collapses at some point.  Further down a mile or so, it goes over a small stream that feeds the river. Bet its gone by now .  ( its a 4 mile trail ).  Trail normally isn't that wide, that spot has a large turn around area, not sure why, cant drive out there. walking only.

Bleh. 85 today..  Back yard still wet and muddy.. but more storms coming tomorow so had to mow too tall wet grass in freaking hot temps.

And more flood warnings Wednesday.. wtf...