Minneopa State Park

 

Flood 2024

So far this summer has been very wet. A couple weeks ago Mankato got 10 inches of rain over the weekend and that caused all the rivers south of here to swell to historic levels. It got so bad that Rapidan Dam was on the verge of failure. The Blue Earth River broke free from the dam by carving its new path around the dam. It washed away a house by the Dam Store. It was a crazy couple days watching the dam. My family came up this weekend to check out the flooding. We drove down to Rapidan to see the dam and other flooding. The Minneopa Falls were really going fast!  It was very cool. 

That water eventually made it here to Shakopee. Hwy 41 bridge to Chaska is still closed , Huber Park Stage was completely under water and Lake Valleyfair (aka the Valleyfair parking lot) was also under water.  Three rides were closed because of the flood waters and for the last several days they have been shuttling people to the park. They had to create a temporary entrance. And County Road 69 was also closed for a while, it just opened up today.  

 

 It was such a busy month!  We went to Rapid City for Memorial Day Weekend for Olivia's graduation. Eric, DJ and I hiked up to Black Elk Point.

We got home from that road trip and two days later flew out to Vegas for William's Graduation. It was a hot night on the football field.

As always there are amazing Nevada sunsets.

We got home from Vegas, worked two days and flew out to Indianapolis for the Hatfield McCoy Half Marathon.

 

We went to the latest Loons game with Bryce and Abbie. Brynne stayed with DJ, Anna and Caio at our house. She is so cute!