March has definitely been the month for weather in central Ohio. I loved the snowstorm and we were thankful that the weather cleared up for our trip to Rockford, IL last weekend, but once we got home on Monday, it started raining and it rained buckets until early this morning. Lots of rain! Way too much rain!
There is a very large farm field behind our house and beyond the field there is a creek about 1/2 mile away from us. We have never seen the creek from our house before, but you can see how far out of its banks it is and we can see it from our house, even though we're still pretty far away from it, and we are not in any danger of it rising to the level of our house. There are many people in evacuation centers who have lost everything or nearly everything. It's just hard to explain how much water there is everywhere.
Today, we had to run some errands and we took some pictures while we were out. This is the same creek that runs behind us...usually it is a small creek and flows between the tree lines. It has gone way past its banks and has flooded everything around it. Fortunately, we didn't see any homes in immediate danger.
This water is moving rapidly, too.
Many streets around us are closed, because the water is flowing right over them.
This farm is just down the road from us.
It is right beside the creek.
I guess they're not getting out and nobody's getting in.
You can really tell how high the water is from the pictures of their fence.
Today the sun was out but the water continued to rise because there is just so much of it. The forecast for tomorrow evening is rain and it is supposed to rain all night and into Saturday. Easter Sunday the high will be 39 with some snow possible. It will be colder on Easter than it was for Christmas. Strange!
We love having Rhonda helping us in the booth.
Rock Cut State Park in Rockford is one of our favorite campgrounds. It is so peaceful and quiet there and the weather was perfect. This was our campsite.
Riley loves camping and exploring new places.
Suzie did a great job at our make and take table on Saturday.
It's a long drive from Ohio to MA, but the scenery is absolutely beautiful. This is some fog in the mountains going through PA. On our trip home, we saw a black bear cross I-80 not too far in front of us. I tried to get to the camera, but by the time I got it and turned it on, the bear was out of sight.
We took our RV on this trip and this is the view from our campsite in PA. We saw deer in the evening, but it was too dark to get a good picture.
Sarah, Jannae and Thea
Sarah, Jannae, Thea and Ann
Ann did a great job doing our Make and Take table on Saturday.
It was the third year Karen has helped us in Michigan and we always enjoy having her at the Make and Take table. The show was a lot of fun and we'll be back in Michigan for the Novi show in August.
Today, we had to run some errands and we took some pictures while we were out. This is the same creek that runs behind us...usually it is a small creek and flows between the tree lines. It has gone way past its banks and has flooded everything around it. Fortunately, we didn't see any homes in immediate danger.
This water is moving rapidly, too.
Many streets around us are closed, because the water is flowing right over them.
This farm is just down the road from us.
You can really tell how high the water is from the pictures of their fence.