Country music just the ticket

The view over the sandbags is still spectacular -- if not ominous.

Wayne reports this afternoon from flood ravaged Rainy Lake, where a raccoon has taken up residence in one of Mary Ann's tourist cabins:

First things first. The mother raccoon and her kits are gone from MaryAnn's lake cabin. The high-powered painter's light in the attic on a tripod and country music did it. Heavy mesh screen has been installed over the vents to keep her out. 

Here is the view of our back yard. With a little help from the National Guard we are bagged. They did the big row furthest up on the lawn. The Guard does not help saving docks.

The lake went up a half inch in the last 24 hrs. That is a good sign. Within a week it should stop rising.

We hope!