Wednesday, October 21, 2026
October Rain
In 20 years I don't think I've ever seen an October with so much rain. Everything is turning green and even the spring flowers are blooming for a second time. The pond and the cisterns are full. 
Kobae Goes Hiking
For the first time in a year or two Kobae took off down the driveway to go hiking. I steered him into the dead end canyon by hole nine. I was only one here with Teresa out of town so couldn't take him too far with check ins coming. Jax and I found some shade while Kobae wandered around and I started on my new book reading. When you hike with a tortoise you have time to read. I thought I'd read Brody's book. Brody, friend and State Ranger was shot nine times that I know about by a bad guy while on patrol. Maybe more. I led the manhunt on this side of the river for about a week. 
The Intercontinental Bicycle Trail
Jorge and Andreas came by for water doing the Intercontinental. It starts in Fairbanks and goes to Chile, yes Chile. First time I met someone doing it I kept correcting them and saying Chinle. I was wrong. I think they told me they started somewhere north of Fairbanks. 
The Road Next Door to Last Hurrah
This is where Jax and I had an issue years ago in the gray truck where the water blew around the canyon and about swept us away. We barely survived not just two weeks after Linny had been swept away at the Base Camp sign. What we've done is build a deep hole, then use the dirt to build a dam. In this last rain it filled up the hole broke through the dam and took the road out. Sometimes we can get Doug to lend us his front end loader and clean things up but somebody screwed it up, not us, and it's non functional so this is a side by side and shovel operation. BZjW1WeXsuHUJf2Bd3aG36VZ_73ofQrNYINlqJ-eG-6AWDTLz4CGUoyEZrIH7JJ-QjcpqUE8_H4KpeEMlMSdLbsN-1aGrUC1hW-DJwjFWk3VMHGoLoUYLPf4HtAO6/s4608/DSCF0014.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; ">
So what we've decided to do is make a road in the creek bed to get to the other side and it didn't turn out too bad. We don't know what will happen when the river comes high and backs up the creek bed or if we have to get next door during the floods but we'll find out soon enough. In the meantime, it's looking pretty sweet. 
The Driveway
Driveway took a beating but we had a couple friends visiting and they helped us clean it up. I pulled some big rocks down with tow straps and the side by side to shore up the left side. The last rock kept one of my tow straps. I expect I'll get it the next flood. 
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