Ah, the joys of country living! The past two days were supposed to be spent playing with lots of fire, metal tubing, and a hammer, but Mother Nature decided that things were not to be so. She put a damper on the fire routine with her own water spigot, repositioning my efforts in the direction of getting things picked up from the lower zone and moving them to the upper zone. To help further ensure there was a bit of chaos, at 12 hours til "Move 'Em Or Flood," it was time to fire up the neighbors RV for the pull out, (Umm, not the one in this photo, a different one not pictured....). That went well with the aid of the battery charger and the jump from the truck- that is until we discovered the recently swiss cheesed hoses the nest of mouses decided to build in the dude's engine compartment. Two or three spliced water hoses later, and things were finally ready to rock. (Mental note: THIS is why ya fire the engine once a week- it seems that little mouses don't like their nest heated to engine temp at least once every couple of weeks, so they find a different home with other groovy little hoses and wires to chew on!)
A long two days- lotta good people down here- the ones that could gave help, the ones that needed accepted it, and all worked out this time around.Time for a glass, and a little celebratory "It Didn't Flood" drink! (Now maybe I can get my bloomin' torches out, and start playing with fire again!)
What's better than a glass of wine and a fire after the rain and prep work ends? Only this is needed to complete the cycle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzqzFExGp10
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