Tim and I went on the same walk we did last night. These pictures are somewhat clearer, since it’s light out and I brought an actual camera, and you can see that the river is higher than last night. Point of reference: we went for our walk at 8:30 last night, and we went today at noon.

Also, we got stopped on the Benton Street bridge for man-on-the-street interviews with some news station, so if you see us on TV, please note that the reporter’s questions were pretty stupid. In retrospect, I wish I had answered the question, “Do you think Iowa City will split into two towns?” with, “Yes, and I will fight for the WEST!” or something equally Dwight Schrute-esque. Anyway.

Riverside Drive.

Riverside Drive, from the other side.

Benton Street bridge, looking north.

Again.

East end of the Benton Street bridge.

Capitol Street and Benton Street.

City Carton Recycling.

Bike trail.

Kind of a bad picture, but if you look, you can see that the water in background is up to the front door of Panchero’s.

After we had crossed the bridge, we notice two engineers monitoring the bridge.  Some other pedestrian stopped to ask about the condition of the bridge.  The engineers said that it would be closed down soon, probably, because there was a lot of creaking going on because the water was so high.