Northbound I-5 by the Fogline

            Since I was driving my daughter back to Seattle anyhow, we decide to take a look at some of the flooded areas around the town of Snohomish. This involved taking old Broadway south out of Everett, and turning left on the Lowell-Larimer road which goes down to the level of the Snohomish River and follow it along into the small city of Snohomish. All of these shots were take by Navigator.

            We had the window down and it was very chilly and wet out there. 

            These photographs are taken of the area across the road from the actual river.

            In town, we saw that the river was back down into its bed, but the fields all around were still full of water.

            We checked to see if it was possible to drive across the valley shown in the video yesterday. But it was still closed, thought was obvious that the water level across the valley was going down.

            The best way to get out of the area was to take Highway 9 southward, so that's what I did. We visited Woodinville on the way to Bothell and then on to Seattle proper.

            It was a very dim, grey, rainy trip.

            Not much of a day for photos!

Notice the tractor up to its engine in water?

 

            One of those houses along that road where it has flooded many times. The wise man built his house with a big flow through basement level!

            Unfortunately, this is the tweaker camp. The city lets them stay.

            Bound for home finally. This is the intersection of 65th and Roosevelt Way in Seattle's University district. The sun was trying to get through the clouds a little. It was nice, not raining there. But on I-5 about when I got to Shoreline it started raining. It was a thick rainfall. It was like that all the way to Everett. I really did have to keep my eye on the fogline!

            So, that's my December 26th report. Glad to be out of the rain!

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