Ok so Sunday May 17, 2015 we started flooding. Honestly not a big deal. Happened last year and with the pickups could still drive through it on the road. Not to mention only one small corner of the pasture would flood which amounted to being the size of a small pond.
WELL.............
not so much the case this year. You could actually see the water rising in the pasture and on the road. Within 15 minutes there was no way out and no way in. Road closed and several acres of the pasture was under water. Over a third of the big pasture. WOW! Water was rushing through crop fields and I mean huge crop fields that by evening were nothing more than big huge lakes. We could have launched our boat in our pasture alone. We couldn't walk to the fence because the current was to strong and water to deep. We got pictures and video of it all. I will post a ton of them in my next entry with captions of what and where it all was. It laid our fence down in multiple spots adding up to about 200 or so feet. The water was down enough this morning for us to get the tractor out there and put fence back up. We put everything on the carryall and headed out for 5 hours work. We had to clear debris off the fence. We used the tractor to push the fence back up. We started a worm farm because we were catching worms bigger than any night crawlers you could ever buy. They looked like small snakes and we're equally as hard to hang on to. It was fun. Found a HUGE snapping turtle in the flood waters while out working. Water was still knee deep. We removed him from the pasture and put him on the other side of the fence in the flood waters so he could continue his adventures. He wasn't happy about the whole carrying him by the tail thing but I wasn't going to get bit. They really stink and he was very heavy. We saw carp swimming down the side of the gravel road in the ditch where the flood waters,we're still flowing.
Yesterday the horses were playing in our lake. Trick got out there splashing and rolling in the water, Diamond was splashing and rolling in the water, Affair was splashing but didn't roll. Kai went out and played in the water with Bella. They all walked through it but not all played in it. Pasha didn't and that surprised me because she loves water. Savannah ran through it because her brother was chasing her. He is not happy with his sister at all. He won't let her in the herd yet. Lol. He puts all the new ones through initiation before letting them join. Some worse than others. At least he had her running some fat off. She is currently living in peace with Cat, Josie, and the filly. She will make her way to the herd before long.
We put up a small arena today. Wes came. Up with it. It is the boys turnout, extended all the way to include the round pen. I can still put the boys up to work other horses and when I'm done then let them back out to run around. It's going to work out very well. Multi purpose.
I mean with not being able to leave today we had plenty of time to get it all done. I love having so many round pen panels to do this with.
The pasture horses all came to be loved on while we were out there today. There is something about being in the middle of 9 horses that are surrounding you yet they done hurt you. Nine horses could do a lot of damage. Everyone got loved on. Then they we enter on to graze and we went back to work.
It was nice to have lake front property for an evening though. The dogs loved playing in it and I played with the horses in it. Diamond would follow me into the water without fail. If I went in she came in with me. She is a good girl. We had a lot of fun yesterday, took tons of pictures, and enjoyed it. Today was the cleanup after the fun. Oh well. It was still fun.
Our neighbors brand new high tensile fence was destroyed. Huge corner posts out of the ground and mangled. Water got up to their house.
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