Rolling Down the River

Well for those who don't live in South Arkansas, here is a glimpse of what we have encountered the past few weeks. THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING!!!!! Oh how I am sick and tired of this rain. Day in and day out it seems. The thunder seems to be the loudest I have heard in all my 32 years of life. Sometime it feels as if the whole house is shaking.

In the "Baby Brother Post" I mentioned how terrible the driving conditions were that day. Well Sunday was not as bad, but it was not good either. Here are two pictures from the inside of my car as I attempted succeeded to make it to the paved road.

Chad went down and checked the end of the driveway before Anna & I left for Sunday School. He said to take it easy. I did, but what he doesn't know is it was A LOT higher than that on Wednesday.

This is our driveway!





I'm sure in a few months we will all be wishing for a little rain. Say a Prayer for us, as the weather plays a huge part in our business, both my job and our family business as well.

The Weatherly's River House!

Chad's dad takes great pride in his river house aka camp. We all love it and it is a great way to "get away" without really having to leave. It is located on the banks of the Ouachita River, close to the Sparkman area. We all hang out there a lot. It is very peaceful. Usually, you could walk to the middle of the river, but lately that is not the case. Chad & I actually lived there the first 3 or 4 months after we got married, while our house was being built.

Chad and Russell went down to the "camp" on Friday afternoon. They boated down of course and this is what they found when they arrived.



As of Friday, the river was about 4 foot in the bottom, which technically is not a bad thing, but it is still not a good thing either. The water tanks are down there and a few odds and ends. If you look closely, we thought by putting stuff on the picnic table that it would be okay. I'm sure by now it's a good chance it is "Rolling down the River".



Here are pictures of the camps that surround ours. There is blue ford ranger that Joe put up on a what he thought was a high spot. Sorry Joe! Joe is what we like to call a "River Rat". He lives down there and the river is his source of living. I'm sure he knows the high and low spots of that area. He also knows the river like the back of his hand.



This is the view from the road if you got to drive to the camp.




This is a view from the upper level of the camp. See the night light.



The Sorrell's Camp! (at the main entrance)



Joe's house (at the main entrance)



Front view of our camp



Burris's camp (behind ours)




This is a view from the upper level, looking back to the main entrance.
See the picnic table!




The Abbott's camp (to the right of ours if inside) See Joe's truck!



Chad said last night that his dad had went back to the camp and the water had gone down, but guess what, we are expecting MORE RAIN. KARK did a news special on the Ouachita River last night as well. The city park is completely under water and the Sheriff's office said they had not seen the water at flood stage like this since 1990.