WELL THE CREEK'S UP MA!
I went down to the river yesterday about mid morning and saw that the water we have had in the past week (s) had done it's thing.
The walk is about nine blocks below us, with a nice parking lot, restrooms and a pavilion. The trail is a connector from the parking area to the walk which runs parallel to the river. This is part of the connector which is raised boardwalk as you can see from the photo. I was there an hour and by the time I left that area at the end of the photo was under water. It's not official, but I think that the river is up 25-30 feet in just the past five days.
Under normal conditions the river bank is out there at that tree on the left of the photo. This is big water but can be waded at certain points during the dryer summer months. We are scheduled for afternoon thunderstorms for the rest of the week and then there is that tropical storm/hurricane/whatever scheduled to be around next week. If the water gets too high, they will close the walk and I will have to find some other vantage to photograph. But we'll just wait and see.
The good thing about all this, from a photography point of view, is that the whole area is now new! And that offers all sorts of photo ops not normally apparent.
This is a tiny turtle living in the land of behemoths! He/she was only a couple of inches long and had found a protected log tip not normally under water. Made a nice image as opposed to those measuring over a foot to a foot and a half. If you double click on the images they can become clearer.
I have no idea what kind of water bug these are. If you can zoom in on them, they could be mosquitoes are just the water bugs you see on the surface of most ponds. Would make a heck of a jig saw puzzle! Yeah, I know! I'll try to get back down there today and report back. Good day all!
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