Today we took Buddie on his longest road trip yet. I think it was 345 total miles.
We headed out mid morning and drove to Red Wing Minnesota. We went to several stores and then found the Red Wing Pottery store and found a great fiesta outlet. I told Boyd that I was overwhelmed and I didn't know what to get. They had so many shapes that I can't find around here and of course they had every color. I stayed within my price limit and I was happy.
After that we ambled down the road and passed through Lake City. Both Boyd and I loved the town and thought we could live there. It's next to the Mississippi and Lake Pepin.
We meandered down the road aways and went through a town that was just hit by strong winds or a tornado, still waiting for the final report. Then we ended up at my friend Amy's house. She graciously invited all of us in. Buddie was so well behaved even with 5 kids running around.
We had a great time visiting with Amy and our friend Martha from Colorado. I was sad when we finally had to leave.
Happily I found out Amy only lives an hour and a half from us so I see more visits in our future. =)
Buddie survived our trip and enjoyed some ball chasing at Amy's house. He was more than ready to be home and barely got in the door before he was curled up in his ball on his pillow. He hardly even wanted to get up and go to bed.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Recapping....
Wow it's been awhile since I updated, seems like it was just last week rather than almost a month.
We ended up having a second crest around 16 feet and by that point it wasn't bad. I think that we ended up with a 500 year flood, of course we're not getting much attention since a large town farther down the river also had major flooding around or over the 500 yr flood plan.
Cleanup is well underway here, several downtown businesses have relocated or repaired and reopened. It's nice to see that. Unfortunately it seems like there is more debris on main street every few days. Also we lost the new pet store.
So many homes are still being cleaned and are not inhabited. The middle school is being relocated to an office space and the elementary school has been cleaned and will reopen in the fall.
Thankfully all of our family downstream is OK and did not have flooding. Over the weekend we found out that 100 people from Boyd's old work have been flooded and several lost their homes. The office where I use to work had 7 feet of water and everyone is working at home or alternative locations. They think the office will reopen in a year or so. Other businesses in the downtown are scheduled to reopen within a month.
We ended up having a second crest around 16 feet and by that point it wasn't bad. I think that we ended up with a 500 year flood, of course we're not getting much attention since a large town farther down the river also had major flooding around or over the 500 yr flood plan.
Cleanup is well underway here, several downtown businesses have relocated or repaired and reopened. It's nice to see that. Unfortunately it seems like there is more debris on main street every few days. Also we lost the new pet store.
So many homes are still being cleaned and are not inhabited. The middle school is being relocated to an office space and the elementary school has been cleaned and will reopen in the fall.
Thankfully all of our family downstream is OK and did not have flooding. Over the weekend we found out that 100 people from Boyd's old work have been flooded and several lost their homes. The office where I use to work had 7 feet of water and everyone is working at home or alternative locations. They think the office will reopen in a year or so. Other businesses in the downtown are scheduled to reopen within a month.
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