Independence Day!!

Happy 4th of July!!!

We started our day going to Lake Grapevine to check out the rising waters...wow!! Little Pete's is a floating restaurant that we frequented last year. During that time, the 'gang plank' to get to the restaurant sank down into the water and there was a drop of about 15 feet. Two or three weeks ago, that same gang plank was straight across. Today, the whole parking lot is under water, the rock waterfall that is at the end of the parking lot is underwater, the electric lines are attached to styrofoam floaters, and they have a floating walkway that extends around 150 to 200 feet. They nailed sheets of wood for a walkway and 2 x 4's for railing to huge pieces of styrofoam to float out to the end of their driveway. Walking across the walkway was weird. It was very wobbly and at some spots a little nerving. When we drove over the dam, we noticed that the water is now around 53 feet. Last year at this time, it was around 36 feet. All of the access to the lake has been blocked. Most of the picnic sites are now under water.