High Water

Last weekend we got about seven inches of rain in two and half days and the river has been rising ever since. The pictures of the high water downtown looked impressive, so we wandered into Peoria this afternoon to look for ourselves. The water level was about ten feet above the normal high water mark, which means that most of the riverfront park and some of the roadway next to the river was under. Impressive.

Captain, Captain! It looks like we've run aground!

Looking up the train tracks at Water street (aptly named?). The riverfront park is to the left, downtown Peoria to the right.

"What do you mean, tonight's show is canceled?"