Jacksons' first flood!!!

Western Washington has been flooding since Wednesday.  We've been stuck at home since then.  Wednesday and Thursday we could get to Elma (5 minutes away), but now we are stuck at our house and all the roads around us are officially flooded.  Luckily, our house is not flooded at all because we are sort of on a hill.  Otherwise, when we get to the bottom of our hill, you can pretty much only see water in every direction with trees coming out of it.  We went for a walk today down our street (since no cars can come on it), and were astounded by the amount of water.  Since there is no land anywhere, all the rodents are in the trees, and they seemed to be all over the streets.  In some of our pictures, there is a speed limit sign that you can barely see out of the water.  Our river, the Chehalis, crested (got to its highest) today, so hopefully we should be able to drive again by Sunday.  The force of the water caused the main bridge that we drive over to get to Elma to crack, so even when the flooding goes down, I won't be able to get to town without a 15-20 minute drive, so that's a bummer.  We have had a great time learning about the floods and watching in awe the power of Mother Nature.  When I was 14 or so, my dad wouldn't let me cut across Lake Yellowstone to get to our campsite and made me paddle all the way around the lake's perimeter because, as he said, we just don't mess with the weather.  Well, I'm learning that all over again!