The River

Earlier this summer, there was some serious flooding in my town and around all of northern UT. Every time we would drive past the Ogden River on our way downtown, we would look at how much it had risen and watch the efforts that were made to block it from flooding the street, sandbags and huge mounds of dirt. Well, Mother Nature cranked up the heat these last couple of weeks and the river has dried up a bit. We live near an awesome place called the Ogden Botanical Gardens and the River Parkway, and the Ogden River flows right alongside it.

We decided to explore the river the other day and found a great spot to go swimming! It's shallow and the current is slow. We took our Davenport cousins down there and had a great time. Incidentally, they did find a submerged push lawn mower in there, but that's fun for the kids to explore. :)

We went back again for a second time with Bucky's parents and his aunt and uncle's family. We stayed down there for 3 hours, just sitting on the bank while the kids played in the water. It was great.

Ellis had a great time putting rocks in his mouth and causing all sorts of mischief.