river walk, late may

the boise river has been high enough to flood parts of the greenbelt for almost two months now. here are some pictures from early april:

and from a different section of the path, yesterday:

someone cobbled together a makeshift walkway out of cottonwood bark. i watched a guy try to negotiate it, unsuccessfully. here’s a much deeper area:

there’s a strong current sweeping the river across the path into logger’s creek. it’s probably over a foot at the deepest.

if it were up to andy we’d just keep going, but sandals + water + rough sand and gravel = blisters.

he’s such a river rat. he especially loves the shallow flooded areas because he can prance around in the water rather than having to paddle with his stubby little snausage dog legs.

i was surprised to see floaters out already. doesn’t it look like summer?

logger’s creek is about an inch shy of flooding a main entrance to the path.

the mute swans hatched their new brood--only three cygnets, much fewer than last year.

i’m still keeping an eye on the currants. they should ripen in a few weeks.