Longmont Street Walker

North of Nelson, west of Hover, south of 9th Ave., east of Airport Rd.

Total for today : 30,300 steps and 5:43 time.

This will be the largest acreage I cover in any of my neighborhood walks this year. Golden Ponds takes up a lot of space, plus farmland. This had several areas that were badly hit by flooding. Areas near 3rd Avenue and Hover, as well as immediately south of 9th were both very active today with post-flood clean-up.

To start off today’s blog, I’m going to repeat a photo I took on my August 20 walk, which is looking west from where the St. Vrain river crosses Airport Road. Immediately below it is a photo from today’s walk, which I believe is from pretty much the same vantage point.

same scene at the end of my walk (with better light)

August 20 — St. Vrain looking west from Airport Road

Same view on Sept. 24 (about 11 days after the main flooding)

a new channel cut a bit south (left) of the above pictures

looking east from same location (other side of bridge)

FLOODING SOUTH OF NINTH

There was a lot of police presence in this area (4 cars or so), with officers knocking on doors talking to residents. Also several city and Xcel utility vehicles, as well as volunteers (from as far away as Perryville, MO Baptist Church!) helping with cleaning up.

across 9th at Twin Peaks Golf Course — still some puddling

The Valley

The Fairways

pavement damage

fences down

washed away

utility truck moving water

trash bags

more than this wet-vac could handle!

street damage

First Baptist from Perryville, MO

help with cleanup

one of several in the area

hauling off debris

generator?

trash receptacle barely held on

sand washed away from playground

one of several sheds moved off their foundations

airing out the basement

muddy sidewalk

debris on the tracks

I was surprised these ponds didn’t seem to be full to overflowing

AREA AROUND THIRD AVENUE AND HOVER

Thank You sign

washout 1

washout 2

drainage hose

multiple sump pumps

debris in street

drainage

Golden Ponds Estates

loader dumping trash across the tracks at the storage units

dumpster 1

dumpster 2

another generator?

trash on Fordham 1

trash on Fordham 2

still wet today

debris on fence

water line on sign

overwhelmed fence

looks like a total loss

Storage units # 1

Storage units # 2

Storage units # 3

Storage units # 4

Storage units # 5

Storage units # 6

Golden Ponds closed until further notice

Levitating railroad

no longer a straight line

(farmer’s?) bridge out near St. Vrain river & Airport Rd.

washed out by sidewalk east of Airport Rd.

poor fish ended up several hundred yards south of the river

But that’s enough of the depressing flood pictures for now… most of today’s area came out relatively unscathed.

Just a little something I noticed…. Rogers Road turns into Boston Avenue at Hover, then turns/merges with Price going northeast for a bit, disappears into other streets for a while, then re-emerges as East Rogers Road once you get to Martin.

and now THE BEST OF THE REST… (and once again, my apologies for so many photos)