The Ozarks have been getting a soaking the last few days with several inches of rain falling. The rivers are high, the creeks are running high and water is flowing in places it doesn't normally. This brought back memories of a trip on the Blair Creek Section a few years ago. The night before our hike, over an inch of rain fell, it rained all night, and it was a hard, loud rain. It was a long night camping, we didn't get much sleep from the sound of the rain and the thunder. Morning finally came and it was still raining, but we were determined to go hiking. So we got our gear on and headed down the trail in the pouring rain. The trail was a small river, everything was very green and wet, this Birdsfoot Violet looked like it was growing in a shallow lake.
It didn't take long to get to the first small water crossing, but on this day the crossing wasn't small, it was about mid-thigh deep. While standing there contemplating if we should try to cross or head back to the trailhead, Mattie jumped in as any water-loving Golden Retriever would do. She quickly got swept down stream and Peggy went running, and jumped in after her. Both were fine, and very wet, and yes, we turned around and went back to the trailhead. We made the best out of our wet day and got a little hiking in then headed home thankful all turned out okay and that we got to see the Ozarks when the water was really running. 
