Looks like my first run off experience is a dozy. We may break records. In any case it’s higher than it’s been in a LONG time.
The road below our place is closed.
Not exactly fishable. Although I have to admit, I did think of throwing a streamer in the slack water in the above photo. But that was before I took a look in the crawl space under my house. Hmmm, not good.
This required a hour long trip to town to get one of the last sump pumps in captivity in SW Montana. I left at 6 am knowing there would be high demand today. I got to the hardware store when it opened and while I was there 3 other sump pumps left the building.
The day before all this rain started, I rode my bike up Skalkaho Pass along the West Fork of Rock Creek. Sunny & Warm. Creek was cranking even then.
Upon returning to the car, we were startled by a roadside rock fall. Looking up about 30 ft we saw a couple of Big Horn Sheep discussing who was really in charge of that cliff. I’m not sure what they decided, but it was fun to watch.