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At least they can jet ski in and out if they need too.

 Huge picture post today, lots more flooding, so lots more pictures.  The sights of the river where no property is affected are amazing, the sights of businesses flooded and houses underwater are heartbreaking.  We live on a lake, so were fearful of our rising water levels, but they have already started to go down.  The Grand, however, continues to rise. 

If you look close you can see the sandbags under the garage door.

Probably my favorite picture, the railroad trestle, weighted down with salt filled rail cars.

Water running along the bottom of the railroad trestle.

You could reach down and touch the water on the other side of the retaining wall, very unsettling if you really thought about what that meant.

Sandbags down by the museum.

Pumps running to empty hotel basements and parking garages.

Water starting to cover office building windows, you can usually walk under the bridge in the corner of the picture.

Sixth street dam, which is currently just a small bump in the river.

These last two, I was once again drawn to play with low light, since were were down close to sunset.  The light wasn't truly low, so I just set my exposure down.  The top image is busy, but there were so many people around it was hard to just capture my husband walking toward us.  Love the light reflecting off the water of the bottom image.

Found this gem of a spot on the drive home.  I'm sure these rusted old trucks are normally high and dry, but the flooding provided some great reflections.  If only I didn't have so many images for today, I would share some of the close-ups I got too.