More Flood Scenes and Another Storm

On Thursday afternoon it wasn't raining when we got home from work so we decided to get the bike out for the first time in a couple of weeks and try to get a few more pictures of the flooded areas.

Here's the over swollen White Water River


This is supposed to be a corn field

This is another view of the White Water River, if you see the two clumps of trees to the left the normal channel of the rive is between those!

There's a bridge under there

Looks like it's time to get back home!

Hail that came down with the storm













We barely got the bike put away and the sky let loose on us once again. We had three waves of rain and high winds with the third storm producing a bit of pea sized hail.

So This is What I came Home to!

This spring has been a wet one for us here in the Ohio River Valley!. The ground is saturated and there's no place for the rain to go. We currently live near the White Water River and I ventured out today to take a few shots of the flooding.

These first few are at a boat ramp and park just around the corner from us. Those are trees floating down the river





This is usually a field which should already have corn planted in it, but right now it's a lake


















The White Water River is usually a docile clear running body of water where you can tube, canoe, or kayak down to cool off during the summer.

Right now it's not raining, but there are more storms coming later this evening and we may not see the sun until Friday. that means that it will be a daily check as to see if we can get out to go to work in the morning or get back home at night. I guess we'd better pack a few things and take them with us just in case!

Our Cabin in the Woods, or is This Paradise?

I left the rain soaked (understatement!) southern Ohio region a couple of days ago to come back down to the wilds of Florida to make some final adjustments and decisions to the design before the final stages of construction begin.

The weather could not have cooperated any better! The temps have been in the upper 60's to lower 70's in the mornings and reaching upper 80's to lower 90's in the heat of the day, but with amazingly low humidity so it's very comfortable (temperatures are reported in degrees F for my international followers). This combined with clear blue skies has made the short visit exactly what the doctor ordered!

So with the first 2 days here spent getting the business completed I was able to spend a fun and relaxing evening with my buddy FC enjoying some good music and a couple of cold malted beverages near the gulf, again just what the doctor ordered.

My other good friend Mrs. FC has been very busy preparing for a huge catering job that is taking place today and since I really didn't have any plans, and they could really use the help, I'll be spending my last day here helping with the affair. It should be a fun time, even if it proves to be hard work, and I get a chance to check out some of the indigenous species that I would not normally have a chance to observe.

OK enough of the idle chit-chat I know you're wanting to see what I came down here to do!

So are you ready kids?

I can't hear you!

Whoooooooooooo Lives in a.......... Just kidding! Here's the latest pictures, but take a deep breath because it will likely leave you breathless, it did me!




Definitely Paradise!



We have interior walls


Lightnin's Tree


The side view, Love that deck!













It's been a short and busy trip, but we're in the home stretch now (pun intended)!
I'll be home soon Lightnin!

Finally Some Warm Weather!

Last time I mentioned that I got a new camera, well here's what the little thing looks like:

This is it next to my wallet (for scale). Don't get too excited the only thing in that wallet is cobwebs right now! ;-) This was taken with my old camera.


This is my old camera, taken with my new camera


Here they are in a side-by-side comparison











The old camera is a Cannon Power Shot A560 which takes great pics and I thought at the time that it was really compact. It's capabilities are 7.1 mega pixels with a 4x optical zoom. The new camera is a Samsung SL-50 with 10.2 mega pixels and 5x optical zoom. it's amazing how much difference a few mega pixels makes!

So the weather has finally changed here and in between the rain storms we're getting sunshine and 70-80F temps, YEA!!!!!!

We got the bike out and met up with a couple of our friends to blow some of the dust out.

Here's a shot of our two bikes. Check out the clarity in this picture, that's the power of the mega pixel!

Here's an action shot from Lightnin using the helmet cam technique.











It was beautiful weather and this weekend could be even better.
The bummer is that my bike is in the shop, but not for anything bad, it was time for the 15,000 mile check-up. If you recall, this bike is only 3 years old and the first year I wasn't even in town to ride it, so that means I've logged 15,000 miles on it in just 2 years!

So with the weather great and the bike in the shop it looks like I'll be spending my time getting the lawn implements up and running for the new season.