Bob's Eyes

Thursday February 1, 2024 Guerneville CA.

Rainy day

It started to rain a bit when I woke up today, and then it really let loose for about ten minutes, a cats and dogs affair.

Shopping and buying

By the time i got it going, the rains had slowed down a little, but keep at it most of day.

Toys, Tools

I got my checkbook and headed to the shopping area to do some buying. I wasn’t sure which model to buy, so I looked at the two I had in mind more carefully and finally decided on this one, a Honda 700 deluxe model.

I purchased this green one, but have to wait about a week for some accessories to come in before I pick it up, like a roof and a windshield.  Anyway, I got it all paid for. Had to write four checks before I got all the wording right on writing out the numbers part. I’m not use to writing big numbers like that.

Sawzsall

I had one more purchase to make, so I headed to a hardware store to purchase that one. It was way more than I thought it would be. A Milwaukie battery powered sawzsall. At least I got ten percent off with my Vets discount. I want this unit to cut roots and stumps on the trails I’ve been working on. Using a chainsaw to do this just dulls out the chain rather fast when you hit a rock or dirt. This unit has carbide blades that shouldn’t do that.

That pretty much took up the whole day. I  headed for home.

Once home I checked with Tom to see about hauling it home next week as he has a nice trailer for the purpose.

Daffodils

All the warm rains we’ve been having didn’t seem to bother the daffodils much. They’ve been blooming more and more each day. I have quite a few of them along the driveway into my place.

These were the first ones to start blooming this year.

They all sure say Spring is here.

Nice day.

Wednesday January 31, 2024 Guerneville CA.

Rainy day

It was raining as I got it going today, so it was mostly an in the house type of day.

Rain ride

But in the afternoon, I decided to go for a ride up into the forest to check out some roads to make sure they were draining properly, mostly on my neighbors place.

I loaded up the quad with a shovel and took off in the rain, putting my new camera in a rain coat pocket which I should of likely left at home where it was dry.

Most of the roads on our property drain well, so I headed to my neighbor’s place to see how the roads there were draining as they seem to have the most drainage problems on their roads.

I thought the water would be flowing more than it was as it had been raining a lot. But the heaviest rain was to come just around dark.

I did some shovel work on the neighbor’s roads to improve things a bit. The best time to see how roads are draining is to be out in the rain, instead of being at home in a cozy dry place, but few people do this.

Dead camera

When I took out my new camera, it wouldn’t turn on. I was pretty sure it didn’t get wet but with the rain coming down I couldn’t check it out or it would get wet.

I was thinking my new camera failed for some reason, maybe I got it wet but it appeared to be dry.

Anyway, I rode around some more enjoying the rainy day in the forest. I was out for a couple of hours and getting a bit wet, so eventually headed towards home. For some reason my rain pants had a leak in them.

Once home I got out of the wet rain gear and into some warm clothes.

I tried the new camera again and it still was dead. I tried another battery and it worked so I put the new battery back in it and it worked. I think the contacts weren’t making contact for some reason, so all seemed good with that.

It looks like we are in for some rain and rain showers for about a week or so. That seems like a good time to go out and buy a new side by side which will make a better rig to go out in the rain with and to use as a work rig in the forest as it can carry tools better than the rigs I have.

Nice day.