Yard Yak

A high-water June ended up with heavy rains throughout most of the Conestoga River watershed as the river breached its banks on July 1 and eventually hit 12.5 feet as measured at the Lancaster USGS station at Walnut and Pleasure Road. After an overnight recession, it was back up and it took a couple of days for the river to recede to near-normal levels. 

While gardens and other plantings may get beat up a bit by the river at flood stage, it is good for what my neighbor calls a yard yak - essentially a paddle out above our neighbors’ yards. The perspective one gets from the river is always awesome and being able to paddle in spaces that don’t usually afford the opportunity to do so is totally worth having to occasionally avoid a tree trunk or other items that have been captured by the current upriver. 

Also, the water is exceptionally fast. Sure, it’s also a bit swirly and down by the “rapids,” a bit bumpy, but for someone who looks to experience the river is all of its expressions, it's the bomb. 

It’s always the bomb, but, hey...

Yark Yak

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