Apres Moi Le Deluge

This isn't really running related besides the fact that it's interfering with my running. But I think we all understand how the weather can affect us and our communities and bring unexpected disaster. The last few weeks my tiny town has been drenched by heavy rains and thunder storms. Despite living near the river we rarely have flooding but this summer it's not the river that's the problem.

It's the sheer volume of water that's been dropped on such a small area.

Driving out to the main road.

 

The road to our house.

 

Water shooting out from the underground lines

 

End of the road

 

The creek under our running trail

 

The drainage ditches can't handle it

 

Playground or pool?

 

Even the trees can't handle any more

 

Storm damage on our trail

 

 

I'm not really sure what the point of this post is besides wanting to share my sorrow. I've lived in this town for about as long as I've ever lived anywhere now. Our family is here, our friends are here, our running trail is here. Everything safe and familiar has been turned upside down. Every time I hear a clap of thunder in the distance I shudder and wait for the next downpour that will bring more devastation. I honestly don't understand how the surrounding towns are escaping with little more than wet basements while we are bearing the worst of every storm but the rain can't last forever. And so we wait for the sun.

 

Oops and Oats

Wednesday at work was INSANE! I seriously thought I was going to die! My company has an ATV for when we work offroad but my boss told us we didn't need it where we were going. We got to the site and our contact told us to follow him. We started sideways across the hill and then turned a sharp right to go straight up! The hill doesn't look so bad in the picture until you put it in context. The hill was about a 45 degree angle and that little orange thing in the background is a bulldozer at the bottom, which had to pull us off the hill!

You can see where we drove up the grass/hay side and then were stopped by the mud which then caused us to slide backwards and sideways into the wall of waste soil! I'm thankful that pile was there or else we would have gone sideways over a 5 foot embankment and flipped the truck! Super scary moment of the day right there!

The good side was that I received something new to try and we all know I love new things! Nairn's Oatcakes offered to send me a sample of their cookies and crackers for review and I accepted because I'm adventurous a pig. I've been taking the mixed berries cookies to work with me and not only are they yummy but they are also convenient! Each box contains individually wrapped packs of a few cookies. Portion control and packable for the win! If you want to pick up your own Nairn's cookies you can find them at here.

Dislosure: I received this product for review from Nairn's. As always, thoughts and opinions are my own.