(this was one of the first pics I took - didn't notice the goose in the pic. until I uploaded them to my computer - decided to have some fun with it! :0 )
This last Friday the ice on the river just west of town began to breakup. The river was running high with snow melt and rain water when the ice created its own natural dam. The resulting ice jam/dam caused flash flooding in some neighborhoods and evacuations as well - until the ice jam broke up and floated on down the river. Sunday after church we went down to the river's east bank to take some pictures of the residue! Here are some of the things we saw:
Large ice slab floating down the river!
Huge slabs of ice stacked up on the west bank of the river!
J.D. and K.J. standing next to a beached ice slab on the east bank of the river!
River ice that is still breaking up!
Another large slab of ice beached on a small island in the middle of the river!
Ice Slab up close and personal!
Ice meets tree up on the bank - trees are thrashed!
Same tree with J.D. and K.J. next to the ice!
J.D. and the ice!
Taking on the ice!
K.J. vs. the ice - who will win?!
One last Picture!!
It's to bad we didn't make it down on Saturday to gets pictures when the ice had created the jam and stretched all the way across the river. One of my friends got some awesome pictures of the ice dam. But it was still pretty cool to see what nature can do. I don't think J.D. or K.J. will forget this experience for awhile!
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