Spring is Here!

Given all the destructive storms of the past few weeks throughout the south, it would be silly to whine too much about the minor problems we have personally experienced. However there were some anxious moments when all the storms were moving through.
At our walk-in where we normally fish, very clear water that first accumulates in a wide, shallow pool, before it carries through two long shoals, the rains have created a muddy, raging river that obscures all of the large boulders and completely submerges the two islands we normally have.
Record rainfalls and rapidly rising lake levels have created situations of open floodgates at the dams on the White River system. This has created equal opportunity distribution of misery for many homeowners that are not normally in areas considered flood-prone. The 100-year floods seem to be coming in 3-year increments now. The Norfork Dam currently has 12 floodgates open, resulting in the flow of the equivalent of 5 generators running (Norfork only has two generators), creating a mess downstream.
At least now the rains have stopped, allowing for some receding of waters, so we got out to observe.

Our fishing hole is now a deep, wide, muddy mess



Obviously the turtles are happy to see the sunshine - a little crowded on this log

Our yard is full of surprises that keep popping up

This Cutthroat was one of many lunkers in Dry Run Creek upstream from the confluence with the Norfork. Not much impact of the flooding on this stream.