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| This is a log that fell over the cistern |
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| The spring box is in place |
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| Good water flow |
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| Water filter. I still need to walk to the spring for water |
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Water Works
These are pictures of the water supply that I now have access to. There is an issue with the pipe from the cistern to base camp. I will need to install a pump at base camp. Also the cistern is leaking so I will need to patch it or install a plastic tank, which I think is the better idea.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
As this day draws to a close I am exhausted. A long a busy day.
But first, last night I was awoken by screaming. I think something
was raiding the goose population down in the field across the road.
The screaming was terror filled and warning and challenging.
Something may have been stalking the little baby goslings and the
parents may have been fighting them off. I did have a couple
disquieting moments when the screaming died down, but there was one
cry that went on, I imagined it was an unlucky bird in the mouth of a
predator.
I awoke to natures alarm clock once again, around 4:15. I was able
to snooze for a little while, until 5:15 or so when I decided to get
ready to go for a run, the 3rd day of C25K. I got
dressed, then rolled, stretched, and did nerve glides. I guess I
started running around 7:20. I did better than the first two days
and went a little faster and a little further. That is one thing to
remember about the C25K, you may not be running a lot of the time, so
you need to run a fairly consistent course so you can see the
progress you are making through onger distances.
After the run I gave myself a sponge bath and washed my hair, I had
just finished when my neighbor puled up on his little 4 wheeler. He
told me it would be a regular daily thing, him checking on me. I had
to let him know I was heading into town to resister the truck and get
license plates.
I was at the DMV about an hour and then took a side road home, just
to see where it went. It was suppose to start raining and there was
a strong possibility of a thunder storm so I decided to do brushing
and chipping instead of working on the water.
I did walk up to the water and fill a jug up and then run it through
the water filter. The water tastes pretty good. My neighbor stopped
by again and told me I didn't need to filter the water, but I will
anyway. After we get it flowing to base camp I will send a sample
off to be tested.
I went to the Rainbow Resort for dinner, only the cook was there, the
owner, Tracy had to leave for some reason. I had talked to the cook
in passing as he asked how the food was and I had told him a couple
times I enjoyed the food there and he did a great job; tonight, since
I was the only one there, we talked about the menu, Gumbo was the
featured item, I told him I had never had it and to go ahead and sell
me an order. I decided that I needed to be more open and friendly, I
introduced myself and asked where he learned to cook. We talked for
a bit and he told me about Wednesday at 5, a local event of music,
food and beer hosted by CDA and local restaurants and pubs. His name
is Brandon
I am ready to go to bed real soon, but as I sit her on the deck, I
occasionally look up and I can notice all the work I have done,
opening up the view a bit ( that is the good part) and exposing a lot
of clutter and old plywood that I need to haul to the dump. I really
don't want to use this truck for that purpose, but I may, just to get
rid of the “new” and protect it feeling and accept the fact it is
work truck. There is also a lot of foam insulation in the shed
which I was going to haul of, and then realised, I might want to use
it for the buildings I put up here.
Wednesday June 1, 2016.
I slept really poorly last night, and have been extremely tired
today. I got up and was working on
brushing the driveway when John
showed up with his dozer. I had one tree that had fallen during the
winter and was wondering how I would cut it safely, John pushed it
down with the dozer.
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| Neighbor coming to visit |
II continued brushing the driveway while John worked on the road to
the cistern and after awhile I grabbed the camera to take pictures of
the work he was doing, he was all the way to the end of the
John spent about 2 hours on the project and it was almost 11:00 so I
paid him and took him to lunch at the Rainbow Resort.
After lunch, we went back to Johns work shop where he built me a
spring box, I bought it back to the spring, installed it and got
water flowing into the cistern. I know that part works, but now I
need to locate the pipe that runs to Base Camp and hook it up to the
cistern. I also have to permanently install the spring box. I
talked about getting a plastic container to run the water into
instead of the open cistern, I will have to look into the cost of one
that will fit, I will then have to install it so it wont freeze over
the winter.
I quit work, changed clothes and ran into town for coffee, to do
laundry, swing by the dealership for my keys and to see if I can get
them to fix the tinting they installed on the truck. I will hope so.
I missed the salesman so will need go into town again, probably on
Saturday when I have my next appointment with Bri.
I started feeling sick, I think from being so tired and then it being
so hot when I headed into town. I went to the library and printed
out the assessors page that shows I do own property her in ID, and I
will take it into the DMV tomorrow to see if I can license the
vehicle here in ID. I also finally got my CDA library card.
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| Widening the road to the spring |
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| It is wider, but I will need to clean it up |
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| This old guy has some skills. |
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
A slow day, I did day two of C25K – it worked well. I was getting
ready to change out of my running clothes when the neighbor showed
up. We talked a bit and he said he would come over this afternoon or
tomorrow with his bulldozer and clear and widen the road to the
spring that supplies me with water. I suggested tomorrow because I
would be gone in the afternoon.
I went to the Krock center and put 3 miles on a stationary bycycle
and then 30 minutes on an ellipticalmachine and then took a shower. It is nice to have a club membership
so I can shower when I am camping in the area.
I then had a 2:30 appointment with a cars salesman to look at a
truck. I decided to buy it, traded in my Subaru and now am the owner
of a GMC pick-up. I told them to write up the paperwork and I would
be back after my massage appointment with Bri.
This truck is nice and has many features I dreamed about when I was
looking at dodges and others I just would not have purchased for
myself.
We all know that vacations can be expensive.
Monday, May 30, 2016 – Memorial Day
Today started early – again. Nature alarm clock woke me at 4:45.
I have been leaving the rain flap open so when the sun comes up and
it gets light my body “feels” it. Also the wild turkeys were
making turkey noises and other birds were singing – there doesn't
seem to be a snooze button on natures alarm clock.
I stayed in bed, trying to snooze and finally got up about 5:45 A.M.
I got dressed and thought it would probably be too early to start the
chipper or chain saw, so I did some research on why my new Husgavarna
chain saw is leaking chain oil. Mixed messages some say bad design,
others say something is wrong with the saw and others yet say a
technician told them the oil will leak if the temperature gets too
warm where the saw is being stored. It is locked in a shipping
container and I found out today, the container does get warm when the
doors are closed and the sun is beating down on it.
I chipped up the brush I cut on Saturday and and then a bunch of
branches that have been laying around for awhile. I cut more brush
until the Oregon chainsaws battery died. I chipped that and then it
was time to clean up. I stopped at the Rainbow Resort and had part
of a beer, then went to Lowes to pick up some things for the
container,; I am going to hang a 2x4 from some hooks that are built
into the container and then hang some coat hooks. If it works, I
will have a more permanent solution.
I went to Monday evening Bible study at High Country Chapel. I sure enjoy
Pastor Bob. Now back home and ready for bed. I am tired every
night, but it is a good physical tiredness, not the normal mental and
physical tiredness I have hen doing my normal job in my regular home/
((Ducks are chattering now and I think I her an owl in the
distance.) Tomorrow is another “day off”
Sunday May 30, 2016
Sunday was a planned day off, I was going to go to church, get a
massage – not at church – and go to the library. I found out
Eric and Heather were coming over, Eric planned on running the CDA ½
marathon. I went down to the water front to meet Heather and her
daughter as they wited for Eric ro finish. On the way I stopped for
coffee, they didn't open til 8 I then stopped a Safeway and had to
wait 10 minutes until they opened at 7:00. I got to the park around
7:20 – I had to walk about 4 blocks and back for coffee. To while
away some of the time I tokk Heather and her daughter for a short
walk to Tubb Hill and we walked along the lake. Eric finished in
under 2 hours and we hung around for a bit while he recovered.
Afterwards, I had enough time to get to church, after services I went
to see Bri for my massage. After the massage I needed to drive with
caution, I was driving Under the influence of massage. So relaxed.
Next stop, Grumpy Monkey for coffee, then the Back 40 for a pair of
boots. Back to Hauser for a dinner of Fish & Chips at the
Rainbow and then home. I set up a shelving system and was able to
straighten the storage container. Now I am sitting her, listening to
the generator charge USB devices and typing this journal entry.
The wind is kicking up, I am hearing things crack in the woods, I
imagine the noises are branches creaking and falling, being shook
loose from the trees, and there may even be some deer walking by.
Saturday 5/29/2014
Today started out good. I slept in the car last night, I didn't know
where I wanted to put my tent – it was late when I got back from
the Rainbow Resort for dinner and didn't take the time to figure it
out. When I woke this morning, I took my time getting up, then I did
my stretching and then the first day
After the run, I got chainsaw, hedge trimmer and lopers out and
started cutting the brush around base camp. Just after I started, my
neighbor John stopped by with his dog Lucky. I walked him around
base camp telling him this was one of two priorities and that I was
going to ask him to come down and talk to me about the water system
he had installed for the last owner of the property.
We walked up the trail to the cistern, and even though I had cleared
the fallen trees from the path last month when I was her, there were
more branches that must have fallen from the trees. He said he would
bring his bulldozer over and clear the path, making it wider. I
would then have access to the cistern and the “Spring box” which
is above the cistern, then reroute the piping to the spring into the
cistern so it can fill up and then spill over, once again allowing
flow downstream. More on this project as we work on it.
After John left, I cut a lot of brush in different areas around the
structure and created so many piles of brush I couldn't pile up more;
so, I unpacked and setup the chipper\mulcher. I chipped and mulched
most of one area and called it a day. I drove into CDA, to the Kroc
Center, a health club owned by the Salvation army and took a shower,
returned to Hauser, had dinner at the Rainbow Resort and came home,
set up my tent, (sleeping in the car is too confining,) and went to
bed.
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