Been a busy morning, on the go for most of it. I headed out to the Riverbend Ponds because the storm clouds are breath taking today. We have had three consecutive days of thunder storms in the afternoon bringing heavy rains, lightening, flooding and even tornados along the Colorado Front Range. They are predicting two more days of the same thing and these clouds look like the potential exists. With spring runoff beginning and the heavy rains the creeks and rivers are full and in some places out of their banks. This is true of the Poudre River at the Riverbend Ponds. They have part of the bike trail closed off. Even though the storm clouds are natures way of showing its power, I love the clouds. Hope everyone enjoys the 3-day weekend.
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Tom Dills
Looks like a beautiful spring day, Monte. I hope you’re having a good weekend.
Monte Stevens
It was. The clouds did build up and more rain fell in the Poudre Canyon. The river has overflowed its banks and is about a half foot below flood stage, which is 7.5 feet. The trail around the Arapaho Bend Nature Area is mostly under a foot of water as of yesterday afternoon.