It wasn’t a week after Wimberley’s epic Memorial Day Flood, when a small group met at the SIP coffee house on the Square, and dedicated themselves to a heartfelt mission.
The mission was to provide a commemorative sculpture as a worthy memorial of the significant trauma and loss of lives swept up in the wake of the Blanco River’s unprecedented flash flood on the night of May 23, 2015. It would also symbolize miraculous survivals and heroic rescues by Hill Country residents who joined hands to “bail out” their river neighbors, and extend goodwill. It reminds us, in a gentle way, to never take for granted the lovely river, which invites us into its crystal clear living waters to cool off and play. The river belongs to all of us.
The Blanco River Monument was intended to belong to the river.
