The Mighty Mississippi

Friend Marsha (Queen911) dragged me down to the sky bridge during the lunch hour so we could take flood photos. I have never been there. I am afraid of heights and even more afraid when there are big sections of glass that make up the sky bridge floor. I always prefer to have both feet firmly planted on the ground. Marsha (Queen911) , on the other hand, always has her head in the clouds ;-)

I nervously clutched the handrail while walking along and caught the eye of another lady walking the opposite direction who must have felt the same as me about walking on glass and skybridges because she gave me a faint little knowing smile that said "me too, honey."

Anyway, here is how the flood looks in our part of Iowa. This is downtown Davenport which is down hill a few miles from our work place. I think the Mississippi River (or Big Muddy), which is what you see here, crested today.

I don't know what there is about flood waters, but it brings out all sorts of gawkers. I would have liked to have been able to stay a while longer just to take pictures of the gawkers. Maybe next lunch hour.

Well, we didn't get our feet wet and are keeping our heads above water (most of the time) and my feet are back firmly planted on the ground, thank goodness.