We would love to claim that we had a rain-free Sunday. However, the fact that our rain total was only 0.1″ was reason to celebrate. And, better, we actually were able to get out of the house, go for a Jeep ride, and walk in one of our favorite parks. We are celebrating because happy days are here again. Well, almost.

The sky still looked quite threatening, but the rain held off.

A family walk was greatly needed by all of us – canine and humans – so we went to one of our favorite parks with lots of paved paths to avoid the mud.

A family walk.

Ok, we would have been fine with the mud, but our humans sometimes like to keep their feet dry. Go figure. Oh, well, the humans were happy to stick to pavement when they saw this at the entrance to the park.

The park entrance was a tad damp.

The French Broad River along the back of the park was raging, but not quite out of its banks.

Natasha inspecting the French Broad River.

Fortunately for us, the heavy rains stalled over South Carolina and we received less rain than expected (though still plenty). What is fortunate for us, however, is most unfortunate for all of our South Carolina friends who are suffering through unbelievable amounts of rain and floods. We are thinking of everyone and wishing for safety for all.

Hu-Dad also trained his camera on our next door neighbors – the big dogs – in yesterday’s fog. If you would like to see all of those photos, go over to this post in Hu-Dad’s blog that doesn’t include us.