It has been a month since the tremendous rains that caused flooding in central Texas. Lake Travis, which was 50 feet below normal only a few months ago, is now 100% full. During the rains, it went to over 106% full and necessitated the opening of 4 floodgates. Here is a picture of our dock, about 3 feet underwater, as a result of the opening.

If you read my previous post about the flooding, you can see a swim ladder on the left side of the picture which is completely underwater in this one. You will also see that the boat, that was in the slip, is now tied off and floating downstream. The picture above stayed this way for nearly 2 weeks.

So what happens when the flood waters recede you might ask? A muddy mess is what is left behind.

Had I been quicker, I could have been on the dock, sweeping mud into the water with a broom as the last of the flood waters washed over the deck. Alas, I was not quick enough and I spent the better part of 4 hours washing mud off. Hot, nasty work.

Things are pretty much back to normal. There are still some areas of grass that are just now rising above the muck but all in all, we survived it pretty much unscathed.

While we have had some rain over the past week, I think we are now headed into our next drought as that’s the way life is in Texas. Feast or famine, drought or floods. More drought than floods though.