High Creek & Tree Crossing!

Well...I am bushed. Two afternoons of trenching really tired me out. And, somehow, the last two days were not very restful. Not really sure why. Perhaps it was just all the extra stuff we have been dealing with. Having PTSD, it does not take much above the already higher energy expenditures that go with this lifestyle to drain me.

We did find the leak. It looks like it is not actually under the edge of the laundry room like we thought. It appears to be about a foot out from the edge. The hole is about two feet deep, but Dave did not get to the pipe yet. It rained today and is supposed to rain all day tomorrow, so the contractor won't be out until probably Thursday. The end of the laundry room is jacked up to make it easier to dig out.

We had to go out today. All the rain caused the creek to raise pretty high. So, we crossed our creek by using the tree we had felled to lay across the creek. I am putting in pictures below.



Looking upstream.





Looking toward the road.



Going across. Notice the rope tied across to hang onto. There is a special loop that hangs from the rope that our son can put his hand through.




Looking down.





Looking downstream toward our drive through crossing.





The roadside end. The tree will not roll on us when we try to cross.










The RV/meadow side. What odd things you can find trees growing around!