Good Morning!!!! 72F @ 4:30 AM. Abundant sunshine. High 97F. Winds light and variable.
Let's hope the third time's the charm, Drew. I need to wear ear muffs, safety glasses, and an N95 mask when using a table saw. And keep that push stick handy; no fingers near the blade.
Will you be able to fly the new plane home at the end of your classes, Paul?
Hard to imagine dealing with a polar vortex after all the heat we've taken this summer, Buppies. And already some of you guys are talking about snow blowers and blades.
I wouldn't get very far with that two foot auger in the rocky soil here, RS. I forget, do you have a backhoe to help with that large chunk of sandstone?
Looking forward to photos of the barn project, Doug.
My bodyshop neighbor and I had been talking about a hike down along the river at the bottom of the canyon, and yesterday turned out to be the day. The two of us, and his nephew and the nephew's girlfriend all piled into the side-by-side and got about half way down before we came to the k-rail barrier, then it was Shank's ponies from there on. On the first of many water crossings, the young lady lost a shoe in the deep mud we also had to cross, and I had to be quick to snag it as I was slowly sinking in myself. We'd all taken our shoes and socks off to get across the water, but once was enough because the rocky bottom was too tough on my tender feet.
Took quite a while to get up to the narrows, where the water deepened to the point where we'd be swimming to go any farther. Next time, and there will be a next time before the rains start, I'll wear a bathing suit and running shoes, and carry a waterproof bag for the phone and lunch. In a normal year there would be at least 75 feet of water here, and when the reservoir is full, over 200'.
Lots of flowers and green growing things sprouting out of the mud along the way.
The nephew brought along his gold panning outfit, and found several specks of gold, but nothing large enough to keep. It was fun watching him work, and gave us time to enjoy the scenery and relax a bit. As the day warmed and stomachs started to miss lunch, we headed back, and though we'd only walked a mile down canyon, it had taken us four hours for the trip. What a whole different world down there, one that hasn't seen the light of day since the mid '60s when Oroville Dam was first filled.
After lunch and a nap, I changed the air filter on the tractor, then crawled along the trench bottom and cleaned out another 75' or so to bury today. Not sure what else I'll get into...
