Breaking FREE!

 I know I have posted picture of the river breaking up but I am hoping that this video uploads OK with our slow internet. Every year this is an exciting time for our village. It means spring has arrived.  There is something about watching a river full of Ice break and crash and rumble down stream with a force that is uncontainable. Every year we eagerly await the break up with a bit of excitement and fear. Excitement because this means we will soon be able to get out on the boat and fear because if the ice jams anywhere on the river we have the possibility of flooding. In a village on the banks of a HUGE river, flooding could be devastating! But this year went smooth. Smooth as a Slushy! With all the snow we had this year we also have to be careful with high water due to snow melting really fast. But again we were safe this year. This video was the shortest one we took and I hope you can see the power of the river. These chunks of Ice are thick and huge! And the force of it moving and hitting the bank makes the ground rumble. And I love the sound of it. It makes me dream of a giant Slushy! Oh what I would do for a slushy right now!=) A fresh fruit slushy from SONIC with an order of Mozzarella Cheese sticks! YUM..... why and I talking about food from Sonic when there is not one anywhere near me? Or in the State of Alaska! =)  Anyways, hope you can watch the video and enjoy it! We got back from Zambia the day before the river broke, Talk about great timing!