But first some backstory.
The area I live in suffered an ungodly drought from 2010 through 2015. We were literally about to start deciding who could have water today when the rains came. Everything flooded. We went from having lakes that were about gone to lakes that were running over their spillways in literally a couple of weeks. It was amazing.
During that time I developed a habit of looking over the side of a bridge I cross every day on my way to work to see just how close it was to the bottom of that bridge and to see how far up into the flood plains it had gone. It's been over three years since and I still look every time. I probably will for the rest of my life.
All that being said I was not prepared for this...
Now that old boy is a good ways out into the water. A helluva lot farther than he could have driven. Especially when you consider that this was the second day after I saw it. The first day the water was over the hood, but I was too awestruck to stop and take a photo.
That part of the river is surrounded by pastureland not roads, so they couldn't have been going THAT fast. Could they? I mean if you were driving through the countryside and were surprised by the sudden appearance of a river brakes would come into play. It did prompt a conversation among some friends about exactly how he got that far into the water.
Here is the winning suggestion:
Has to be the case. I can almost hear the "YEEEEEHAAAAW!"
-Tole
2 comments:
Heh, yep he just 'thought' he knew where that track through the pasture was... :-)
There could also have been the statement made further up/down stream from the current resting place of that poor truck of "Don't worry, I know a shallow spot you can drive across."
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