Trail Work In the Redwood Forest On An Old Trail

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Bob

Sunday May 30, 2021 Guerneville CA.

Trail work

I got the tools together and rode the quad runner up into the hills to do some work on an old trail that goes on up through a redwood forest valley.

I parked here and walked down to the trail around 1PM.quad1

 

The trail goes down through these redwood trees and ferns.trail2

 

I worked most of the day moving downed limbs and rocks off the trail.trail3

 

Headed home

Around five I rode on out this road headed for home pretty tired out from all the work.road4

 

Rocks and sticks

I stopped here by the Christmas trees and threw some rocks and sticks off the road.road5

 

And I stopped in this spot and threw a lot of rocks off the road that I’ve been running over. They are sharp rocks and figure one of them might give me a flat tire eventually so it was nice to get them off the road.rod6

 

Once home it was nap time as I was tired out.

Eventually I went out and did some more work on the old well sediment removal job for a couple hours until it was almost dark.

Of course I ate a bunch of cherries and berries.

Nice day working in the forest.

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Doing What Older Retired People Should Be Doing

Posted on May 29, 2021 by Bob

Saturday May 29, 2021 Guerneville CA.

Yard day

I’d planned to go up in the hills and do some more trail work but. It was such a nice day I never got out of the yard.

I tended the chickens and then chair hopped around the yard sitting in this chair for awhile with this view.yard1

 

Old well work

Eventually I did work on the old well running this  turning the valve on and off to lift the sediment out of the old well. Turning the valve on and off helps pick up the sediment at the bottom of the well.valve2

 

The chickens enjoy the discharge water.water3

 

For a couple hours work I get about this much sand out of the old well, about two inches worth, a slow process.sand

 

Raspberries getting ripe

My raspberries are starting to ripen faster than I can eat them which is nice as I can eat a lot of them.raspberries6

 

I ate some strawberries too in the blueberry patch . The blueberries are just starting to ripen so I ate a few of them.strawberries7

 

Some more of my raspberries. They are popping up everywhere like weeds.raspberries8

 

And my loquats are getting riper so they aren’t quite as sour. They aren’t really that sour but more like fruity.loquats9

 

High cherries

I’ve been eating a lot of cherries and now most of the bottoms of the trees are eaten up so now I have to figure out how to get the ones way up high.tree10

 

See, lots of cherries up there. One of my ways to get some of them is to climb up into the tree which is ok as long as I don’t look down and stay in the middle of it. :O)cherries

 

The tallest ladder I have is ten feet and this cherry tree is over 50 feet tall and I don’t like heights much so it’s a challenge.

Nice easy day for an older retired guy eh.

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