Robert, Leroy, and Tina took four-wheelers ahead of us to determine if our van could get through the receding flood waters. It had been two days since the flood of the "millennium", but the Buffalo was still above its normal flow. We had to back track and come in on the ridge road, but were able to leave late in the afternoon by the river road.
Daddy and I were primarily on a mission to take in food to our neighbors who had lost everything in the flooding. Their property is close to the river and was engulfed. Thankfully, my parent's bunk house provided them safe, dry lodging. We saw the river community coming together to help each other with provisions and clean up help. It was heartwarming to witness!
Our guest cabin, though above the 100 year floodplain, was filled with twelve inches of flood water. If you were to stand at the cabin and look at the distance - both how far away and how far down the river is from there, you'd be astounded the water could possibly reach that point. We are so thankful that the flooring had been delayed! In addition, the power had been shut down, so the air-conditioning equipment got wet, but did not short out. At church I'd made many flood buckets over the years to be sent to various disaster locations. I now made one for myself, taking it along. Thankfully, the water that had gone into the Hamilton cabin left almost nothing behind. A little sweeping was not really necessary, but seemed like the least I could do!
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