Dad and I took off on what was to be a 'quick' little trip to Foulliard Carpet in St Lazare, MB to pick out new carpet for their basement. I was up at 5:15am to get ready to be on the road by 6. Our plan was to go, pick out carpet and be home by noon so there was stil time to fit in a project or 2 in the basement. We got within a few minutes of St. Lazare to discover that the Assiniboine River had overflowed to its breaking point and flooded out the highway, making our route impassable.
This poor farm is completely underwater.....
The house is in behind the trees and looks to be okay for now but only with the help of a very large number of sandbags.
After a few phone calls to find out what highways weren't washed out we made a little 90 minute detour to get to our destination. It didn't take us long to choose once we got into the warehouse. What a great selection they had!
30 minutes later we were back on the road and heading for home. We figured out a better route home to avoid the water and numerous frost boils on the highways. To dad's delight we were able to pass by his favorite java stop on the way home. Anybody that knows my dad, knows that he could quite possibly tell you every Tim's on any route!!!!
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