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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Writers block over

We have gone to III this past weekend(october 15,16, and 17) Saturday we put all other projects aside and decided to finish our trail. First we had to find the river. I knew the way to the North fence boundry, so when we got there we split up. I went to the west and herself went to the east. Herself found the river, so we went back to where our previous trail ended, and forged into the heavy timber armed with loppers, chain saw, and mower. We headed mostly east, clearing as we went. After we cleared several yards, we came upon a piece of tin lying to the side. As herself was in the lead, she investigated and found an old well about 20ft deep and 5-6ft in diameter, lined with limestone rocks. After looking for awhile, we went ahead with the trail and came to a beautiful overlook to Sandy Creek. The creek is low this time of the year, but it looks interesting. I noticed just about every tree of age has poison ivy vines creeping up to the tree tops. One vine I noticed was approx. 5" in diameter. Eventually, we will attact the vines near the trail. On we went, cutting and clearing until we came to the SE border, where we we're going to have to start up a big hill. It was getting late, so decided to call it a day. Went back to the shack, cleaned up and had brots for supper.
We have since found out that limestone wells were built in the 1800's, as later wells were lined with tile. The well is in excellent condition for being over 100 and maybe 200 years old. It is empty, except for some branches and leaves. I am very curious to do further exploring in this area to see if we can find and indication of a cabin or house. To much poison ivy at this time.

We knew it was supposed to cool off that nite, as around 7:30PM the temperature had already dropped to the lower 50's. So we decided we would fire up the stove for the nite. I was in bed around 10:00. Around 12:30 I could feel the cold creeping, so got up and threw more logs into the fire. I checked the temperature outside, it was 48 degrees. Got up again at 3:30 to fire up the stove again, and the temp was 42 degrees. Got up again at 5:30 for good and got the coffee going. I know herself got up once to feed the fire, yet she claims twice. I am such a light sleeper that I hear every sound, so I have my doubts as to her having got up twice.
Sunday we got up and started up on the trail again. It was decided that we would start where we wanted the trail to begin and see if we could meet up where we had finished from the previous day. It must have been luck, or herself's compass reading ability, but we came out right where we wanted. We ended up with eight tenths of a mile of trail. The next time we will continue the trail to the west end of the property which should give us a minimum of 2 miles of trail. Keep in mind that this trail is going thru raw, heavy timber. It is hard work, but a feeling of accomplishment greets us when finished.
We have used the dc/ac converter for three weekends now. I estimate the lamp has been on for approx. 5 hours, and have filled the air mattress 3 - 4 times, and have not had to re-charge the battery yet. I know it will fail when we need it the most, but I need to have some kind of idea how long we can expect from the battery. Thanks again, Clint, for introducing our "cabin in the woods" to electricity.
Just to give credit where credit is due, herself forged the new trail, leading us and marking the way, clearing with the loppers, then I would follow up with the chain saw, followed by the mower. She did a truly fine job, and the trail is very scenic. Daniel Boone could not have forged a finer trail.
On Monday, we got up and herself started clearing brush from the lane where previous owner had cleared trees. She got 2 trailer loads, and only cleared about 25 yards. At that rate it will take approx. 500 more trailer loads, but its a start. While she was doing this, I took the marking paint and went and marked some trees so we could find the trail after all the leaves have fallen, covering the trail. She worked much harder than myself, but then she is much younger.
All for now.
Boi

1 comment:

Nance said...

You are such a sweetie LJ <3