Pasture Paddle, March 1, 2019, Laguna de Santa Rosa

We call the usually dry pasturelands and agricultural fields that extend eastward of town "The Laguna de Santa Rosa."
An "atmospheric river" visited Northern California this past week and dropped enough rainfall to overwhelm local creeks and streams and fill up the Laguna. It swelled enough to inundate the eastern edge of town.
Today my wife and I got out our canoe to explore the highest flood waters in recent memory. We paddled from Occidental Road south to the edge of Highway 12 and then east along the highway to the Laguna Preserve. We stopped at a little rise which is now an island and got out.
A California King Snake took refuge in a tree.
Most of the trails were under the flood waters.
An "atmospheric river" visited Northern California this past week and dropped enough rainfall to overwhelm local creeks and streams and fill up the Laguna. It swelled enough to inundate the eastern edge of town.
Today my wife and I got out our canoe to explore the highest flood waters in recent memory. We paddled from Occidental Road south to the edge of Highway 12 and then east along the highway to the Laguna Preserve. We stopped at a little rise which is now an island and got out.
A California King Snake took refuge in a tree.
Most of the trails were under the flood waters.