BTW- while Di and I were paddling on Lake Killarney, we stopped to walk around and look at the dam. The drop is clean, from the middle, all the way to river left. The debris and Iron rebar I remember from years ago, is no longer there. I will posts pictures as soon as I learn how.

The rocks they have put in Stout’s from the new bridge, is not…[Read more]

We got 3″ of rain here, Santo reports 5″ at Libertyville. While there is an outside chance the river will come up today…I have to also note how totally dry it’s been, and that the last time we were at D bridge, the water level was -20″ Stout’s hasn’t budged. We have no water in the runoff ditches.

The rise you might see on the gauge…[Read more]

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As I feared, there is now heavy machinery in the river bed, and a layer of rip rap rock. They also have 2 -3 foot diameter pipes ready to put in place. Di and I think this will be a temp bridge until the new one is in place, and we all know those pipes will not carry enough water should Stout’s rise.

As far as not affecting the river bed……..?

Today is the day they begin work on replacing the 72 Stout’s Creek Bridge over our middle Stout’s run.

I fear for our run.

Looks like Big water tomorrow- and guaranteed boating thru Sunday.

Watch the gauge. Tomorrow boating seems 99%.

Have a Barry good day!

I have been commenting through out that this has been the best boating season in my memory…well, just read this.

In the contiguous U.S. this has been the wettest winter in recorded history.

Go figure….

Watch the gauge- boating tomorrow is guaranteed! Libertyville already has an inch of rain, and we are only half done with the storm!

It will take a while, but Farmington got hit with rain. We got just under an inch. Watch the gauge.

Just a heads up. I think even the Roselle gauge is off now and reading too high. When I looked at 72 yesterday the water was being channeled into the riffle chute, giving me the impression it was hgher than it was. I think there’s a lot of grass causing this channeling effect, and a consequent back-up in the pool= higher reading. I would suspect…[Read more]