Abnormally Dry - the new drought status

I am abnormally hot and large. We had a fun afternoon at the lake yesterday. It was a huge relieve to be in the water. I am in a continuous mode of near explosion due to the heat. I suppose slight relief is coming sometime in the next month or two, but that feels very far away. Thankfully we have friends with toys who are willing to share and facilitate a day at the lake. Lil-M loves to tube, more precisely bounce all over the place in a tube.

Thanks to the various storms this summer, the lake levels are finally high. In fact so high that yesterday the lake was flooded into the parking lot. There is normally a beach, but instead we set up camp in the parking lot and walked through grassy waters to get to the sandy part of the water where we could play. It was a little strange at first, but turned out to not really make much of a difference.

It's a bizarre situation to have the lakes overflowing and still be classified as abnormally dry. I've heard that the ground water levels are still a little low. People tend to think, the lakes are up, lets waste some water. It's not easy to find much information on this. It's like a secret around here what's really going on with the water. After a little investigation this morning, we are still under some water restrictions, which seriously if they happen to be effective I'm in favor of having all the time. Really, why people should be free to waste as much water as they please is beyond me.