Friday, the 13th, wasn’t unlucky for us, but some of our clan had a worrisome day. Meredith and Michelle are in some of the flood area of Colorado. Michelle reported that their swimming pool (an above ground type) which they had nearly drained last week was now partially filled back up. They won’t be able to drain it again until their soggy yard dries a bit.
The boys had two days off from school because of the flooding, washed out roads, and other flood related happenings. The schools will be closed on Monday, also. When we lived on the coast of Oregon, we often had hard rains of several inches. Lori said if they had closed the schools for big rains, she would still be in high school, since those days have to be made up.
The canal at Meredith’s back property line is usually dry or with very little water as the norm. Today, it was a foot from maximum. The water in the canal sometimes goes into Boyd Lake and sometimes is diverted to farmers to the east in Greeley. While walking the dogs today, she overheard two workers from the Greeley water board talking. She wrote “Greeley water guy #1--’Do you want to grab that log?’ Greeley water guy #2--’Sure, if you want to pick me up in Greeley.’”
I-25 was closed for awhile, but has been reopened. Meredith, who has an office in Broomfield, worked from home. Her office complex didn’t have any flooding, but between her home and work, bridges were out and roads were flooded.
We went to lunch at In-N-Out today. Bill hadn’t had that treat for a long time, but I think it was #4 in my count. Yum, yum!
I stayed at Lori’s to work on craft projects. She took me home at 5:00 and I spent the rest of the evening working at my new desk.
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