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Showing posts with label two day's rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label two day's rain. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Rubber Booting...

is what I do when it's been raining a while.  Gotta check out everything. Dinner's in the oven so I don my camouflage rubber boots and a jacket because it's turning cold. I listened to the water roar through the valley at its peak last night but I couldn't go see.

Daylight comes we have things to do.  Want to help?  Come along with me and we'll have some fun.
We must check the water level.  We must check for new sand bars and see if the old ones still remain.
We have to watch for places holding water
and places that have washed out.  All these have to be corrected to conserve the land.
We check water gaps to make sure nothing is stopping the flow. If the water has damaged it replace/repair it so the cattle will not get out. 
We take out the limbs and the football (placing soggy football under our arm) that was blocking the flow and discover we have a hole in our boots.
A cold hole. Boots now full of water we slosh back to the house thinking it may be time for new rubber boots.
We find an arrowhead. And that is how a day goes after a big rain...now I'm looking for new rubber boots.
So many choices!!!
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