The drought is coming to an end

This summer has been much wetter than last summer was, and while the drought is still pretty bad, it's definitely improving and looking like it won't last forever. They haven't lifted water restrictions yet, but they are definitely talking about the improvements. It's also nice to see the grass green! On Tuesday we had a pretty big storm roll through and it brought a TON of rain very fast. I actually got stuck at school because it was too bad outside to go out, and Tim got stuck at the field house (the covering by where the Rugby team practices) and his Rugby practice cancelled. After it was over, I went to pick him up at the field and we decided to brave the last little bit of rain, risk getting wet and go see the waterfall. It was worth every rain drop that hit us! The rushing water was amazing!!! The waterfall has been a small trickle for the past several months and the river actually had a stagnant water smell. Not on this day! The one area usually is about a 6' revene type thing, and that day it was full to the top and almost overflowing. Here are a few pictures. On the way to take them, one of the campus police actually stopped us and asked where we were going. He told us to go quickly and to hurry back and to make sure we stayed far away from the water. I'm also including a picture that was taken in October so you can see the difference!!!

This is the area that is usually a 5-6" ditch type thing. It was full and if you look to the far right, you can see how it was almost to the level of the road!!

Here are the kids and Tim last summer, playing on the rocks.


And here is that same area this week!!!



And here is my dad and the kids last October.




Here is that same area and waterfall this week. Notice the chair! The water was actually right up to the level of where that chair was and was starting to come over the wall!