leanin' H
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Been working on the fence over the weekend and today. Won't bore you with more pictures of postholes and boulders. We did take an evening to look for bucks. The kids saw me chewing on a stick of grass and had to give it a try!
Hey Sis! Is this how ya do it?
When we got to the head of the canyon, an empty water trough and a bunch of my cousin's thirsty cows greeted us.
We got a hold of Phil and he came out the next evening. (Cows had water lower in the canyon plus the mudhole feeding the dry trough) Now we just have to find the pipe and try and fix it!
What ya can't find with a shovel ya might find with your hands! That ol' spring in Joe's canyon is ICY cold. If you were closer, you could feel my hands which are still chilly!
Phil thought he'd give it a try!
Here's the actual spring where it comes out of the mountain. By capturing it and put it in a trough the cows don't make a bog as bad. Plus the trough holds a bit. My Uncle developed the spring lots of years ago.
Maybe it's under this #@%&$! rock? :???: :evil: Maybe ya noticed I'm not to fond of rocks lately? :wink:
The 1 1/4 inch black plastic pipe was split about ten inches. Probably just a combination of cold water, rocks and cows tromping around.
Here's what happens when ya figure out the pipe is 1 1/4 inch and all your repair stuff is 2 inch!
So the temporary fix is to cut the old line here and collect the water at this point to pipe it into the trough. We'd try to blow the line out with the compressor but this big hole was as far as we could get.
After cutting/jaggedy-breaking-in-half the pipe, we blew it out to clear the line. Got mud on my hat!
Making a plan for a permanent fix next saturday. I'll gather pipe parts and we'll put in a better headbox to screen the leaves and such. Then we'll play in the water and freeze our fingers some more!
If your easily offended please avert your delicate eyes a second while i show my distain for rocky ground! :shock: A pipe to use as a template whilst gathering plumbing parts. :wink:
The result of our labors! Looks better than dust.
Sunset through the mahoganeys and oakbrush.
A moonlight vista looking toward Spring canyon. Mrs. H' took most of these pictures by the way! I think she did great!
And to finish the day, we got to see a pretty rare sight out our way...... ELK! There's a little resident herd but they are good at staying out of sight. We caught them trailing out of a draw and got some pictures. Cow and her calf.
There were 13 cows, 11 calves, four spikes, (yearling bull elk) and one 5 by 6 bull. He got in the tree's before i could shoot him........ with my camera! Here's a spike. Looks like a freezer full of great tasting meat to me! :wink:
Hey Sis! Is this how ya do it?
When we got to the head of the canyon, an empty water trough and a bunch of my cousin's thirsty cows greeted us.
We got a hold of Phil and he came out the next evening. (Cows had water lower in the canyon plus the mudhole feeding the dry trough) Now we just have to find the pipe and try and fix it!
What ya can't find with a shovel ya might find with your hands! That ol' spring in Joe's canyon is ICY cold. If you were closer, you could feel my hands which are still chilly!
Phil thought he'd give it a try!
Here's the actual spring where it comes out of the mountain. By capturing it and put it in a trough the cows don't make a bog as bad. Plus the trough holds a bit. My Uncle developed the spring lots of years ago.
Maybe it's under this #@%&$! rock? :???: :evil: Maybe ya noticed I'm not to fond of rocks lately? :wink:
The 1 1/4 inch black plastic pipe was split about ten inches. Probably just a combination of cold water, rocks and cows tromping around.
Here's what happens when ya figure out the pipe is 1 1/4 inch and all your repair stuff is 2 inch!
So the temporary fix is to cut the old line here and collect the water at this point to pipe it into the trough. We'd try to blow the line out with the compressor but this big hole was as far as we could get.
After cutting/jaggedy-breaking-in-half the pipe, we blew it out to clear the line. Got mud on my hat!
Making a plan for a permanent fix next saturday. I'll gather pipe parts and we'll put in a better headbox to screen the leaves and such. Then we'll play in the water and freeze our fingers some more!
If your easily offended please avert your delicate eyes a second while i show my distain for rocky ground! :shock: A pipe to use as a template whilst gathering plumbing parts. :wink:
The result of our labors! Looks better than dust.
Sunset through the mahoganeys and oakbrush.
A moonlight vista looking toward Spring canyon. Mrs. H' took most of these pictures by the way! I think she did great!
And to finish the day, we got to see a pretty rare sight out our way...... ELK! There's a little resident herd but they are good at staying out of sight. We caught them trailing out of a draw and got some pictures. Cow and her calf.
There were 13 cows, 11 calves, four spikes, (yearling bull elk) and one 5 by 6 bull. He got in the tree's before i could shoot him........ with my camera! Here's a spike. Looks like a freezer full of great tasting meat to me! :wink:
