Up the road a little further you can see that the river is into some of the nice cabins that line this side of the Wabash. This is not an unusual occurance but it is for this time of year.
At this cross over for the farmers to get to their field you can see that the geeese and a few mallards took advantage of what the receding waters had deposited in the field.
At the park it wasn't any better. This road had been covered by water. The little creek that runs through here has been turned into an oxbow.
Luna just couldn't figure out why we weren't going on the usual path. The ice was cracking and popping as the water was receding making her very curious as to what was happening. After all she couldn't see anything. I probablylooked just like her when I was listening to the glacier move. Such an eerie sound. Of course this popping and cracking was not near as loud and mournful as the glacier. The glaciers sound sad. The river on the other hand sounds happy and energetic.
Oh yes Mom, I see why we can't go on our ususal path. The bridge is under water. We call this bridge the Phoebe bridge. An Eastern Phoebe nests under here every spring. I hope the river gets this out of its system before the Phoebe returns. The spring rains can almost be as cruel.
That's ok Mom, I don't mind taking the high path for a change. This park has several trails that lead around the rolling hills.
I can't help but to think of the song 'Stairway to heaven' when we come to these steps. They are quite steep and with the sun shining so bright this morning it surely seemed so. I hope you all are enjoying this weekend. We sure are.
I want to thank my DB for taking so many pictures today. I didn't use them all but could have. We also saw the first leaves of Spring Beauties Claytonia virginica and Rue-Anemone Anemonella thalictroides. Not quite worth a picture but it made me feel good to see them because it made me think spring can't be so far away.
