Sunday, October 25, 2026
As Freddy Dies
Pulling all the paperwork out we found the key said the truck was named "Freddy". 
When we left to come check on the creek we didn't imagine the drama that would come our way. I had left Kobae out on the porch thinking we'd be back inside an hour. I wasn't worried about him getting run over as there hasn't been anybody crossing Kane Creek since Thursday but I wanted to make sure if I had to track him to find him I could have him back by dark. I ask Teresa to take me back and we saw his tracks going down the driveway but pulling up to the lodge he was sitting on the front porch waiting to be fed. Teresa returned to the creek and found this before leaving to get back by dark. Freddy is on life support as darkness falls on Sunday evening.
Slow Truck Wreck
This is what the road looked like on Friday when Jax and I went to check on Kane Creek. Rory had safely taken the truck far from the creek. 
Then when we all came back on Sunday to see if the creek was passable it had changed. It broke through up creek somewhere and was chewing up the road pretty quickly. It was only a matter of time before the creek took the truck. I got in and tried to start it but the battery was dead. We were in the side by side without jumpers. As the drop off got closer it was too dangerous to get back in it and not enough time to drive back to the lodge and get a truck to jump it. I wouldn't have pulled the truck up next to it to jump it anyway. The creek was taking the road too quickly.
We pulled everything we could out of the back of it and salvaged what was possible. Got the paperowk out and anything else that might have some value to somebody but it was getting too dicey to get close to it. Hard to know what portion of the road it will take with it when the time comes.
Hurrah Pass Road Damage
The pass took some damage to the road. I called San Juan County and they said they'd send domebody out Monday to look at it. But then I went to Kane Creek to check the flooding and called San Juan County back and told them they have bigger problems. I'll take care of Hurrah Pass with big rocks and a shovel. Won't be able to get the propane and septic trucks out here without their help sometime in the future.
Everything is Turning Green
Jax and I try to walk down the creek to the beach but 100 feet before we get there the water has backed up the creek and there isn't a beach. On the way back we have grass growing everywhere. Kobae will be so happy. 
Rory
Did a rescue out by Chicken Corner on Thursday but when they got back to Kane Creek it had flooded late in the day so he left the truck far from the creek. Jax and I took a side by side out on Friday to check on Kane Creek as we had four check ins. Rory was there trying to back into Kane Creek to see if he could pull the truck across. It got too deep real quick and he had to winch onto a tamarish tree to get out. 
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