This is the Saranac River, outside of the village of Saranac Lake. I took it yesterday on my way home from the library there. This is supposed to be the Saranac River. This vista is just before the spot where I took last week's shots. The river has risen even higher--reports are that many bodies of water are about a foot above flood stage. I'm not sure what that means, but the water's high everywhere. And there's a ban on outside burning because everything's so dry. The grass is like tinder.
People here burn their grass in the spring because they believe it will grow back greener. I can sort of see that--it's the equivalent of raking up all that yellow, dead grass. Some of us also have burn barrels to burn our papers in. Guilty, me. We've had several house fires recently, a couple started by grass fires and a couple started by burn barrels. And one started by a grease fire in the kitchen. In that one the woman, in a wheelchair, managed to get 5 cats into their carriers and herd her 4 dogs out the door so all 9 pets were safe. Pretty amazing.
Two of the Town of Jay's fire trucks got stuck in the mud fighting one fire. Funny, but also not so funny. They had to declare a state of emergency so the town could go on private property to retrieve them. Oh, the things you learn in daily life.
Anyway, this is a pretty picture but I have no idea where the river is.
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