Here's a picture from the June 2007 flooding in Indiana. This is the state highway past our home. It does this a few times a year when we get a heavy downpour. THis is the worst flooding we've seen locally since the August 1994 flood which drenched us with 12 inches in 12 hours. What a mess that was.

More Cool Pics

Here's some cool pics that I took at the St. Louis Zoo last month.

This one is of a bronze statue of a pair of cape buffalo. This statue is life size and massive. It's real cool

A close up view of the statue.

Do you like dinosaurs? I do and when I heard that the zoo had dinosaurs, I say show me the way...

Life size and animated. It's something you don't see every day.

Did I mention they were life size. Wow...

I always love the Historic Hill district of the zoo for it's architecture.

The zoo is always a good time. I love a good zoo.

Somehow, I feel I have to keep this thing going. I have a few more interesting pictures I'd like to share with the world.

This is an Open Spandral Arch Bridge over the St. Joseph River in South Bend Indiana. They sure don't build'em like that any more.

Another view of the same bridge.

You'll see alot of bridges in my blog as that is apart of what I do for a living, I inspect bridges for the state of Indiana. It's kinda cool.

This is a close-up of the nose end of a B-17 bomber used in WW-II. My high school drafting teacher flew one of these in the BIG ONE. He shared with us a great story about this flying machine and his part in the war. I'll cherish his story for a lifetime. Maybe I'll share it sometime.

May God rest your soul, Mr. Howard.

Now I had the pleasure of viewing two old covered bridges last week in Jennings County Indiana. I've lived in this state all my life and grew up in a neighboring county and never knew they were even here.

This one is just off of SR-3 south of Vernon, Indiana. It's in very good shape for it's age (about 140 years old). A few people have bumped into it over the years, but it should be around for a good long time.

This one is just outside the small town of Scipio, Indiana in northern Jennings County. It has the very unique feature of a window in the side of the bridge. This is so you can see other vehicles before they enter the bridge.

Pretty cool ahh?