The Big Thompson River is higher than ever, and went up a couple more feet overnight, and then another 18 inches this afternoon.

We had a downed tree on the riverbank that was too large to pull up the bank into the yard, so decided to take advantage of the high water to carry it away.



Turns out it was so large, about 12 inches in diameter at the base of the trunk, once he got it in the water, it just sat there, and he risked falling into the water trying to push it off.



From my vantage point across the river I directed him to another downed tree and he used that to push off the first one.



Eventually they were both free and in the current - moved off at a good clip, about 7 miles an hour, headed for the Mississippi.