We prepared for the impending storm before noon yesterday. Donna went out for a walk with one of our neighbors. I hooked up the trailer in case we had to relocate to higher ground. I also made a run to Macadoodles so I would have liquid refreshment on hand before the rain came.

Macadoodles beer – fine wine – spirits

Macadoodles in Branson, Missouri is one of the nicest liquor stores. The staff is super friendly and they have a great selection at reasonable prices. I picked up a six-pack of Schlafly oatmeal stout brewed by the oldest craft brewer in Missouri. Shlafly is made by Saint Louis Brewery in – you guessed it – St Louis. When they opened their brew pub in 1991, it was the first new brew pub in Missouri since prohibition.

Saint Louis Brewery oatmeal stout

The oatmeal stout was good with complex flavors, but I think it had a tad too much coffee which added bitterness.

The rain held off until late afternoon. Donna prepared carmelized tilapia with lemon and green olives for dinner. She served it with roasted asparagus spears and oregano tomatoes and Moroccan quinoa.

Carmelized tilapia with lemon and green olives

By the time we sat down for dinner, the rain was falling in earnest. After dinner, we watched an old Clint Eastwood movie – Pale Rider. Clint Eastwood had the starring role in his debut as a director. Meanwhile, the rain kept coming down hard.

Before we went to bed, Donna got on the Internet and looked up flood records for the area. She found a few articles about Turkey Creek flooding in August of 2013. She was getting worried about the RV park flooding overnight. I didn’t boost her confidence when I put Led Zeppelin’s When the Levee Breaks on the stereo.

If it keeps on rainin’
Levee’s goin’ to break
If it keeps on rainin’
Levee’s goin’ to break
When the levee breaks
I’ll have no place to stay

I wasn’t too worried about it, but I kept a close watch on the water level.

I slept poorly as the rain was drumming on the roof loudly most of the time. Whenever the intensity would increase, I would wake up. I got up a few times to check how the creek was doing. The water level rose and flooded the woods a little higher than before, but it never crested into the RV park.

It stopped raining for a little while around 8am this morning. Shortly after Donna went out for a walk, light rain started falling again. We have flood warnings in effect until 11am, but it looks like we’re in the clear now.