Dynamic Content Float Issue

I have two divs. Both have dynamic content being generated so that the height changes. I float the first div right so that the divs are side by side (kind of like a wordpress sidebar). The problem I am having is that once the div that is floated right gets to be longer than the div on the left, the background image of the wrapper stops being displayed. I need my body or wrapper to be relative to both divs. I don’t think I can achieve this while using a float. Any thoughts?

Can you post a link to the site so we can take a closer look? (Or paste some sample code)

You can disregard. I fixed the issue by using a clear:right on my footer