The Foundry Art Center is located at the St. Charles riverfront, so after viewing Sky’s and Dylan’s artwork, Ted and I walked along the river to survey the flooding from the recent rains (11 inches at our house). Flood stage for the Missouri River at St. Charles is 25 feet. At the time we were walking, the river was at 35.7 feet. A few hours later, it crested at 35.8 feet. One of the awesome sights at a flooding river is the speed of the current in the center of the river. The power of a river in flood is obvious and is definitely something to be avoided.
The Katy Trail is under here somewhere. That’s the top of a park bench beside the trees and behind the sign.
It’s a wide river when it’s in flood. You can tell where the rapid current is flowing by the darker strip of water beyond the foreground trees. The foreground trees are in the park; the normal riverbed lies behind them.
Park rest rooms are currently inaccessible. You can see the train tracks underwater at the trash can and the tops of park benches among the trees on the right.
No picnics scheduled under this shelter for awhile. The ground is a little higher here, so the train tracks show.
The bandstand is surrounded by 3- to 4-foot deep water.
In the 1993 flood, the water came to the back doors of the businesses on the right. The pioneers built the downtown on high ground.