Long Swamp Road

Would you take a road called 'Long Swamp Road' even if Google Maps told you to? Matt did (even I agreed it looked good - on the map). At first it was really good - nice and paved. Had we found a short-cut to Ottawa?

Then the road changed to gravel, but still much better than the road we live on. And how bad could the road be, people had built homes on it? Then Matt saw this...

Cause for concern? Maybe, but still the road ahead looked good.

And by now, Matt had driven many kilometres and it just wasn't worth turning around. And so, Matt keep driving. He noticed the absence of houses and the appearance of swampy land.

Then the road became puddly, but nothing major, afterall the spring thaw was underway. Then gradually, it changed to this...

But Matt was still able to keep one set of wheels on the gravel. And it was now really too far to turn back. And then the road changed to this...

Ok, it didn't look exactly like this (that's the Napanee river). (These pictures are several days later when Matt drove me back to see the road for myself. Matt didn't want to go back to the part where the river was flowing over the road to take pictures. Go Figure.) Matt said the entire road was submerged in water and the water level was up to the top of the tires on my Wave. Yicks! Too late to turn around? Fortunately the road ended and Matt vowed never to drive on 'Long Swamp Road' again.

So the lesson is, don't drive down something called 'Long Swamp Road' in case it actually is a Long Road that goes through a Swamp . And don't always trust that Google Maps knows best.

Stay tuned for our continuing flooring saga...