Red House On The Roaring River
Winter 2010-11 kicked our butts. I know we weren’t alone, but up here in the Sierra Nevadas, we had match-point record snowfall.
At 50-60 feet depending on where you were standing, it didn’t actually break all the records… but it was jawdropping all the same.
And interminable. I mean, people tunneled down into their homes, okaayyy? I mention this because when you have record snowfall, it means record snowmelt too.
This was the Yuba River near Big Bend on July 4th. Water level higher even than it was 2 weeks before… and so dangerous even the gnarliest kayakers were benched.
This house had the best view… although I think if you lived there, you’d have gone deaf from the constant roar.
Man, nature amazes me.
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