A Wee Bit of Water

February 20, 2008

campwater

Here is the lower road on the campground loop.  You can see here that is is under water.  About 3 feet under water.  If the low water bridge had been constructed differently and there was not a dip in the road here, we would not have this problem.  This shouldn’t happen very often, but we need to look at getting this fixed.

 

bridge1

Let’s take a look at the low water bridge.

 

bridge2

Whoa.  That is a lot of water!

 

bridge3

Can you say "washed out bridge?"

 

bridge4

See the water coming off the edge of the bridge? 

 

bridge5

I would not want to get caught up in that.  No, I did not drive over the bridge today! ;)

 

bridge6

See the gap between the dirt road and the bridge?  That will definitely need to be fixed if you want to get to the other side.

 

pinecreek

Here is the Little Pine Creek.  With a lot of water.  One of the reasons for the high water levels, besides the amount of rain, is because the ground is frozen so the water runs off instead of soaking in.

 

pinejacks

The Little Pine Creek flowing into the Jack’s Fork from the left.  Go here to see the water levels about a week ago.  To see more normal levels, take a look here.  Or here.  Or you can look here.

 

jacobjessica

Time to go. 

 

Posted in The Great Outdoors, Weather

6 Responses to “A Wee Bit of Water”

  1. Ginger said:

    February 20th, 2008 at 9:06 am

    Who is that? Jacob and Jenna?

  2. Debbie said:

    February 20th, 2008 at 9:20 am

    I’m glad you didn’t drive over the bridge. You would not believe all the people who drown every year around here from driving over flooded low water bridges. People don’t believe that such a small amount of water can have such force, but it is really powerful!

    Can’t wait ground to be broken on the house!

  3. Grateful for Grace said:

    February 20th, 2008 at 10:14 am

    Yikes. Very dangerous.
    Learning that going in a creek that has risen after days of rain is a NO, NO is something kids around here have to learn early.

    Sure is pretty, though.

  4. Katie said:

    February 20th, 2008 at 11:16 am

    Ginger, Jacob and Jessica. :)

  5. Alisha said:

    February 20th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    Jeff, wait till Spring……..it will be an “eyeopener” for you as to how high the water can get, and quickly also.

  6. Tracy said:

    February 20th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

    Great picture at the end of the kids!

    That is a lot of water in the wrong places. I’m sure the bulldozer guy or one of your budding engineers can work up a solution there ( ;

    The picture of the snowy road through the trees, was nice.