Pine Gap #2

This weekend was interesting.

Weather called for 100% chance of rain, but I didn't tell Jessica. The drive in was fun. We had to get across the low water crossing at about one foot deep. I had to use 4WD Low to get up the hill. My back tires couldn't get traction due to the weight of the tractor behind me. All the dirt roads were wet with run-off.

My goal this weekend was to completely re-do the rainwater collection system. The old gutters were rotted out with rust, and the piping was dry-rotted. I was only partially successful.

I upgraded the trunk line to a 3”, and have 2” for all the down spouts. Crawling around under the house was pretty nasty. Luckily, I only found one tick, and he hadn’t latched hold of me yet. Other than the mud from the rain, Saturday was pretty successful.

We had s ‘mores and then put the kids to bed. We heard turkeys again…

Saturday night was a different story. Cassidy woke up at about 2 AM and revealed to us that she was the current victim of the stomach bug that has been plaguing our family. Needless to say, it is really miserable to clean up projectile vomit when you have no running water.

Sunday was mostly clean up. I abandoned the gutters for the next trip. We just loaded the remainder of the trash and headed for home. The good news out of all this is that both tanks are full, so we are set for flushing the toilets. I really appreciate tap water and showers when I go home.