If you need a friend
I’m sailing right behind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
- paul simon

Just in case you have not heard, my little part of the world is a bit wet at the moment. Oddly due to the floods, one area is in fact less wet! How’s that happen?! Well, when Lake Delton just north of me filled beyond capacity an earthen dam gave way. Within hours this man made lake, surrounded by millions of dollars worth of tourism lodging and the world famous “Tommy Bartlett Ski, Sky, & Stage Show became a mudflat. A few of my clients were on the lake and are just done for the season if not longer. In fact I was to take photos at the TB show on Saturday. I’ve not spoken with them yet, but one has to assume that’s a write off. Meanwhile. . .

Here in Baraboo the local river is raging. This is usually when area kayakers come running to play the rapids. My advice at the moment is stay home. Yeah, you could run them. I was very tempted myself. The problem is with the debris on a couple bends and with the final bridge (top photo) which will NOT let you under. Can you imagine getting flipped and pinned just under the bridge? Chances are you’d not get spit out the other side until we have a dry spell.

Many roads in the area are underwater. Gryphon and I went for a stroll through some of them yesterday. My local lake is also much bigger now. Devil’s Lake State Park will be inundated with phone calls as thousands now wonder about their campsites. In fact the campsites will be fine albeit a little muddy. However some of the roads and most of the picnic areas are for the moment, under water.

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