One More Time

I could not resist putting Nana"s warning on the blog. She put it on an old tile and held up quite well even with more rain falling on it.














This picture is from the snowmobile trail that runs past the farm.

It not only washed out the 6 inches of gravel but also the bedrock that was laid down for the railroad tracks that were here.
It is hard to believe that after so many years of freight trains running over this ground that the water could be strong enough to wash out the old railroad bed.

The Rain Does Help Some Things On The Farm

With so much rain, the flowers are the best they have ever been.



























The Coleus have never looked so good as this year.

Rain, Rain Go Away

On Tuesday evening we had a rain storm that wouldn't give up for 4 hours. After the 4 hours we had received over 6 inches of rain.











Nana went for a walk the next day looking for trees that may have fallen down and discovered that the driveway had washed away.












These are the remains of the two 24 inch culverts that were under the driveway. We had so much rain that the culverts could not handle it.

A Short Family Reunion

Here are some pics of the afternoon get together. We had cousins from Houston and Chicago. The old adults came from Houston, Mercer, Spring Valley and Oregon.
A good time was had by all.























And of course, what is a family reunion without dessert? There were 5 pies, 1 almond tart, a pan of brownies and a pan of Rice Krispies bars.











AND DON'T FORGET, THERE IS A NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY TITLE POSTED

Cousins having fun

The four cousins got together at the reunion and seemed to have fun with water balloons, super soakers etc.











They then shifted to the basement and the Wii game and were doing a lot of bowling. At one point one of the adults yelled down stairs and asked what they were doing. The reply was "we are playing poker".

Sightseeing in Alaska

This is the Theodore river that right now should be full of silver salmon but has been late in coming this year.
I did join the guys out fishing one night and did catch one small rainbow but released it.









Here is a pic of mushrooms that grow in our camp.












One night while visiting one of the guys from work, their, what seems like a pet fox, came to visit. It would even come into the house to get the food.

Working in Alaska

Well, I am up here in Alaska for a bit of work. These are pics of the hydrogen cooled generator we are working on.









The rotor, big orange thing in the middle, weights about 44,000 pounds and is about 35 years old. It is capable of making about 85 megawatts of electricity for use in Anchorage.