Finally, sunshine

We were starting to get a little stir-crazy here in the eye of Tropical Storm Bill.  Thought we were going to need a boat after all the rain on Thursday night.  It rained all night long and now the lake is up about 3 feet and still rising.  It covers such a large area (43,100 acres)

A new all time low for entertainment
when it's raining - Jeopardy!

and all those creeks and rivers flowing into it means it's going to continue to rise for a few days.  I decided to read Mya's summer reading (aptly named for the weather) called Dark Water Rising. It's about the hurricane that hit Galveston Island in the late 1800s.  Such devastation! I kept waking up looking out the window to make sure we weren't in the "dark water rising".  Not the best choice of reading material given the circumstances.  

Before the storm

The golf course trail is under water between the 2nd hole and 3rd hole.  It looks like there are sharks swimming out there.  We think it's just some big catfish but there are fins showing.  Makes me wonder if we should be swimming in this lake! Noodling anyone?  

After the storm.  The leaning tree is the one in
the previous picture. Instead of on the shore, it's in the lake.

Still haven't heard anything about the boat which is kind of annoying.  I guess I'll start planning our route north and then we can head out whatever the boat news.  We'll have to wait until Monday as the boat service folks don't work on the weekends.  Go figure.  I guess they are out boating as well. Now we'll really have to be careful of the floating debris.  

Today we may head toward Branson and visit Table Rock Dam. Make sure it's still holding strong.  Or maybe we should just sit here and watch the water rise and start packing if it gets much higher - lol!  

Think I'll try my hand at noodling and see what bites!  

Inside of the "dinosaur egg".  Looks
like the inside of a pumpkin, seeds and
all.  Still don't know what grows from this.

Our new friend "Alvin".  He likes his snacks. (You can
see the water inching it's way toward the golf course
road in the background.)