16 FEB 09
Day 47 was President's Day and the kids had the day off from school. I didn't want them zombied out in front of their computers and video games, so my husband and I got them out of the house and off to one of Georgia's state parks.
This photo is from Tugaloo State Park, on the shore of Hartwell Lake. Actually, this spot used to be underwater -- probably 5-10 feet deep, and these little shells were everywhere. Georgia's continued drought has just decimated this body of water.
It was quite sad to see. I'd seen this lake from the road as we drove by at 65+/- mph, seen where the lake had been dried so long there was grass growing, seen the floating docks now sitting on dry land. But experiencing it up close, getting out and walking the lake bed, brought all new meaning to the situation for me. There are boat ramps that now end nowhere near the water. The beach in this park is closed. Marked poles previously used for measuring water depth now sit yards away from the shoreline.
Will this drought ever end?
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