Water, Water Everywhere

Anyone who thinks global climate change isn't real need only look at the bizarre weather throughout the country. In my corner of the world, it's been rain. Buckets of it.

Saw on the news that the Ann Arbor area got over 12" of rain in the first three weeks of May. This has certainly put a damper on lots of my outdoor fun, especially when coupled with colder than normal temperatures. Been mostly too cold for the road bike, trails have been in terrible condition for mountain bike, and smallmouth fishing on the Huron's not only impossible, but dangerous. For a river that's more normally below 1,000 CFS at this time of year, a reading like the 2,850 CFS that's ripping through the system is truly frightening. Trickling tributaries turn quickly into full-blown streams.

OK, Mother Nature -- enough, please!

-Sean-