Lots of thing going on today. First, we finished adding insulation to the attic this morning. The do-it-yourself book said 4-5 hours. That was assuming that there was not a bunch of stuff to move back and forth and organize in the attic. In the end a home was found for all the stuff with room to spare.
Today we had Bradley's graduation. Another academic year done. May Interim starts Monday.
This year we have had 21.31 inches of rain so far (average is 11.57 inches). The Illinois River level has been pretty high for months, peaking at near record levels months ago. In the last few days we got nearly 4 inches of rain and Kickapoo Creek finally had enough. It made a second small channel near the railroad tracks (flooding the lower set), making most of the race track area into a lake and shutting down Farmington Road for most of the day. I was tipped off about this and drove down to take a look about an hour before the road was closed. I think by this evening the level had dropped several inches. The good news is that: 1) clear weather is predicted for the rest of the week, 2) the Illinois River is predicted to crest at levels lower than earlier this year, and 3) Kickapoo Creek rarely does this. Interesting (at least to me) is that the one other time that we have seen this happen was almost exactly 10 years ago, not long after we bought this house. At that time we had several people over for a house painting party. I left to go to the store to get more paint and then when I got back the road was closed, which made things challenging. Anyway, I anticipate the road will be open again on Sunday.
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