Rising water under the Arch
We decided to visit the Arch grounds this morning to see how high the river has risen since the Mississippi began its flooding through the upper midwest.
Sign of the times around the St. Louis Riverfront.
It was a beautiful day otherwise, it's hard to believe with such blue skies that the water would keep on rising.
But it is. Today the water should crest here in downtown, sadly what is bad news for those to the north in Missouri, Iowa and Illinois, the broken levees, is good news for St. Louis. Much of the water has been dispersed. Not all, though.
Still, it was a gorgeous morning.
Except for the water.
We walked out onto the Eades Bridge to see how things looked from there.
Dale seemingly relaxed about holding a purse.
It's clouding up again, but still...it was a beautiful day under the Arch even though there are places you can no longer go.
Thanks for the very interesting pictures from St. Louis. St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis has been pushing through a lot of water in the last six to eight weeks. The Eades bridge is the oldest bridge to cross the Mississippi. The second oldest is the Stone Arch Bridge (1883) in Minneapolis.
Posted by: Norman Teigen | June 20, 2008 at 04:35 PM
Nice purse. While watching CNN last night, I thought I caught a quick glimpse of you sandbagging. Or, maybe it was your "twin."
Posted by: Nellie | June 20, 2008 at 05:31 PM
May I have permission to use your walking on water traffic sign?
Posted by: Cal Skinner | June 21, 2008 at 09:27 AM
Cal, certainly. Anytime.
Posted by: Diane | June 21, 2008 at 01:47 PM