Driftwood

This is a happy piece of driftwood on Lake Champlain that will likely be gone in a few weeks when the fishermen start loading boats into the water at the lake access point.

This weekend, the lake level was high enough to splash over retaining walls and flood a few yards on the shoreline. Today, our neighbors across the street -- who are inland, but next to the swamp -- have no grazing fields for their cows on the left-hand side. It's all lakewater, high enough for waves and probably a small boat.

And the water level was a few inches below the road over the swamp yesterday, so it's likely right up to the edge or over today... and rising, says the Burlington Free Press. There's still one other road for the south islanders to get to the north side, and lots of food in the pantry!

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