Some Chores and A Ride In the Misty Forest

Sunday November 17, 2024 Guerneville CA.

Misty day

It looked like it was going to be a misty day today.

I wanted to take some tools up to a trail I’m working on so they’d be there when I wanted to work on it. I loaded the shovel and the Pulaski on my quad runner and headed on up to where the trail was and rode on up it.

The shovel that was on the front rack caught a tree and broke the handle on the way up.

I made it all the way up the narrow trail and left the Pulaski up there but decided to bring the broken shovel back down. I’ll fix that later.shovel1

Wood stove

My wood stove was full of ash so I got the wheelbarrow out and a flat shovel and filled it up with ash. I’ll let it cool and put it somewhere for the chickens to get into as they like to dust with this stuff.ashes2

Back to the shovel, I decided a short one was the way to go, so I smoothed the broken part and it was good to go.shovel3

Misty

The day was real misty, not enough to be a drizzle but just enough that if you stayed out in it, you’d get damp.

After hanging around the yard for most of the day, it was time for a ride in the forest as it’s always nice when it gets damp up there.

I rode up this road.road4

And by this new little watering hole I’m working on. It’s mostly a seep coming out of the hill but it will be enough water for a little watering hole.waterhole

Pond

Then it was over to our little pond which has been filling up a little with the recent rains. More rains coming next week so it should fill all the way up.pond5

Raven’s have been using the little pond to bathe and drink every day, lots of them. That’s why the water is muddy.pond

From there I worked my way over to this overlook where I spent about an hour enjoying the day.rig6

You can see some of the mist out over the forest. It’s starting to get a little bit heavier.forest7

After a good break there, I rode on down this trail.trail8

And stopped to get these downed trees off the road.trees9

Eventually, I made it over to a neighbor’s place to check out a road there. I parked here and got out to walk to check out the road.rig10

Then I walked out this road to check it out. I built this road a number of years ago and now it could use a little work to get it all opened up again.road11

From there, I headed on home for a nap.

Nice day.

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Catching Up With Some Neighbors That Live Up In the Hills

Saturday November 16, 2024 Guerneville CA.

Neighbor visit

I needed to talk with some of the neighbors that live up in the hills so  I rode Hondo up there and found the first one home so we chatted about roadwork for a bit. Then I took off for another neighbor’s place but caught them going out the road so we chatted on the road for a bit.truck1

And the last guy I found at the rock slide getting ready to load up his truck with rock for his corral where his horse lives. It’s actually his wife’s and daughters horse. We chatted and I left him loading up his truck which his daughter was driving.tractor2

It was getting late in the day so I rode over to a break area for a break and parked here.rig

You can see the sun is just going down in the west.sun3

After a good sit at the break area, I  headed for home for a nap. It was a bit chilly so I started up my wood stove.

Nice day.

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