Like water through a Thistle...

What happens when a landslide blocks off two creeks, forming a natural dam, and that natural dam eventually overflows and results in a massive flood?

That's exactly what happened in Thistle, Utah in 1983. I remember our professor talking about this incident when I took a geology class last year. Though I didn't realize it at the time, I had seen the exact site where it took place!

On our way down to Drew's wedding in Manti, we passed by the area that used to be Thistle, Utah...a small community of maybe a hundred or so residents. Needless to say, now it's a ghost town. Interestingly, some of debris from the destroyed houses still stands today...like this submerged house:



When we drove through I was thinking "well, that's weird!"

Oh, and speaking of the Drew and Erin's Wedding, I was at their reception/open house yesterday:



What can I say? I love these kids!