Sunday driving

Today we took Tom's truck -- he still hasn't bought a Miata or a Solstice -- and went down to Portage (about twenty miles southeast) because we had heard that the Wisconsin River was near flood stage there. We drove along the roads near the river, and it was way up. Not likely to do any damage to homes and things up here -- or in Portage, for that matter -- but definitely wider and faster than usual. At the dam in Wisconsin Dells they have all the gates open and the water coming through there was mighty impressive. Kind of a mini-mini-Niagara Falls.

Along the way, we saw four wild turkeys (one of them tried to run us off the road) and four deer. These were the first live deer I have seen since Spring started trying to spring. There had been enough snow last night to cover the deck again, but it was gone by noon. The temperature is supposed to get down into the 20s tonight and about freezing tomorrow night. After that I think we may be home free, at least as far as freezing weather goes.

I hope we are. Back in May 1990 (Yes, MAY) we had about nine inches of snow at Holy Hill. And that's south of us. So who knows.