May 12, 2018
Quite the day
Certainly not how we planned our final day to play out.
The lake at 7AM. The rise is a bit slower now ( it was faster because of all the rain we had for over 24 hours a few days ago) but we still have to wait for the snow pack to melt which will start in the next few days with extraordinary highs for May.
We are about 7 inches away from the lake covering our patio and yard. The slabs at the bottom of the photo with the crack is our patio level.
Colin went around and measured most of the electrical posts in our immediate area. The lowest is 7 inches off the ground. I guess last year we were just under that. However if the lake rises higher the electricity will be shut off for the entire street. That means that we will loose everything we have in our small freezer that we keep in the shed as well as what is in the house freezer. It amounts to between $350.00 – $400.00 dollars. As we don’t eat meat we tend to collect special vegan items and we would hate to lose those.
So late in the afternoon we transported our freezer as well as our frozen items in the coolers above. A friend took it all in and even cleared out a large shelf in his freezer for us. Mucho gracias W. I only wish that I had thought to transport all the cheese that we have in the upper fridge. Oh well. Other than the various cheeses the only thing we will loose will be condiments should the power go out.
We also had to weed our garden before we left. Lots of things growing.
Including weeds. The grasses are also pushing through again. Perhaps we should have put down landscape cloth once the garden was dug out and before we added the top soil. Next year I guess.
It took both of us working 1.5 hours to clear the weeds. Everything is coming up except the peas. We only have 6 or 7 peas poking through. Perhaps I should have not have soaked the pea seeds first? All along the right of our plot are flowers seeds coming up. I can’t even imagine what we will see when we return mid June.
We took a quick ride in the golf cart before heading home. Just beyond the dock you see the bird island which is already partially submerged in the lake.
Near the golf course owners were staring to make sand bags. A back breaking task. It would do us no good to sand bag as the people on both sides of us won’t so the water will just come around from the side into our property.
The stream coming through the golf course has widened and is fast moving. This stream comes from the snow pack melt and flows directly into our lake.
So many dead trees left from last year’s flood. You can see that the lake is slowly creeping up onto the golf course.
This was taken at 4PM. Still rising. We think we have done all that we could have. Perhaps moving the contents of the freezer was over the top but at least we don’t have to worry about anything once we leave our home in the morning.
Crazy times we live in. We are showered, 97% packed ( just the last minute morning things to add ) and my toes are painted. The final bottle of wine is open and dinner is moments away.
Just wanted to share an app I found yesterday called Zello Walkie Talkie and it is free. You can call anyone anywhere in the world and talk at no charge as long as you both have the app. The only requirement is that you have WiFi. The conversation is often clearer than a cell phone.
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You are all prepared and ready to go, now travel safe and enjoy yourselves.
We will try and plan to have an awesome trip.
I think it was a good move to relocate your frozen items, if only for the peace of mind. Enjoy your trip and hopefully your garden will be abundant when you return 🙂
Thank you. Enjoy the rest of your family visit.
Have a wonderful, worry free, vacation. It’s nice to have friends with some freezer space! Now that your toes are painted there’s nothing left to accomplish!
Worry free,ha ha!! Read the next post. Love my toes.
As the saying goes “whatever will be will be” and you need to keep living your life in the mean time – I hope you have a safe trip and look forward to hearing how your trip went. I have spent the last 3 days just getting our business life/dog/yard in order – will hopefully get a post up today or tomorrow
I thought you would be crazy busy once you got back. I will read your posts even while away.
FACEBOOK IS ALSO FREE AS LONG AS YOU ARE BOTH ON AT THE SAME TIME. OH THAT’S RIGHT. YOU’RE NOT ON IT. I LOVE IT AS IT’S EASIER TO ACCESS THAN SKYPE. GOOD QUALITY CALLS AND CAN BE USED ON YOUR PHONE IF YOU HAVE THE FB APP.
HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME. YOU’VE PROBABLY BOARDED FLIGHT NUMBER TWO BY NOW. YOUR INBOUND PLANE CAME FROM TOKYO.
Thank you my friend. Will never do FB due to business reasons.
Wish you and Colin four great flights! Smart move to check through most of your baggage; baggage is such a hassle on long trips.
Gracias.