12/5/14 - Pac12 Oregon Vs. Arizona; Also, Post-Flooding

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So, here we are, two days after the creek flooded, without having seen much litter during the flooding. This is the Friday evening of the Pac12 Oregon Vs. Arizona game. Evening always makes things look pretty.

 So does a nice partly cloudy morning.

The creek looks good, the sun is shining, what lies ahead?

Here's a tire under the three bridges that must have been dragged downstream from the creek flooding.

Here's another different tire, also dragged down from somewhere upstream. If anyone has any insights as to what might be bubbling up between the two coots, I would love to know - could it be a turtle, or did I just happen to witness an air pocket in the sediment burst?

 The egret and his coot buddies enjoying the morning.

The creek doesn't look that bad, the sky is so pretty after all.

Looking closer at the ground and not the sky, we find trash, including a spray can, something that really bugs me.

A baby stroller? How on earth do these things make it into the creek in the first place?

A shopping cart as well, in very good condition.

Another, different store's shopping cart, also in seemingly good condition.

A third new tire.

A folding street sign of sorts.

An egret getting away from all this litter.

The heron, however, enjoys the company of a nice orange traffic cone.

A fourth tire.

And lastly, a second different model baby stroller that looks like it got buried pretty well.

Here's again the transition from natural reek to concrete lined - this is what it normally looks like with much less water.

So, sadly, I had a mad scramble at work, so I wasn't able to spend the two or so hours it would take to pull each and every one of these items out, so I figured I would pull them out the following week or over the weekend. These pictures are on a Monday (12/8/14), and I thought I could probably get them on Saturday.

But back to the more pressing issue, how do four tires, two shopping carts, and two baby strollers make it into a creek? I don't know, yet, but I hope to find out.