I have been random at best on posting so far, so here is a little explanation.
I live in the central Oregon coast range where it takes me one hour to get to a grocery store; where when I drive to the valley I drive eight miles of gravel roads; where having a car like a Honda civic makes sense for the gas mileage but not so much when confronted with the idea and reality of going head on with a log truck where the choice is the truck or the ditch (which has happened to me too many times to count).
I live on a small farm where we are the last house on our road. When we lose power we hope that it a large problem with a lot of other houses out of power because then we know the power company is working on the problem. One year the power problem was near our house and it took the power company two weeks to fix it. We get our water from a spring across the creek so our water line runs over the creek. When the rivers flood high enough we lose our water. We then have to wait for the creek to go down enough for the fishing waders to get put on to wade through the creek to fix the water line.
Now living where we do we are use to storms and all of the challenges they pose. We try to be some what prepared, we have a propane cooking stove and a woodstove. So we can cook and stay warm during these times!
This months storms began with around six inches of snow. Then came the warm rains that never ended along with the winds. The wind took out the power for around 4 days. The warmth melted the snow on the mountains above us along with the rain led to our creek flooding, taking out our water line. When Mother Nature had calmed herself, we decided to head to friends and families houses to enjoy the luxuries of electricity and running water. After heading down the road, chainsawing through one tree we found the road to be washed out. A small side creek was so full that there was water, logs, silt and rocks where our road once was. We were trapped for about three days. When we were finally able to get through we found out that the road that goes to the valley completely washed away and we have still not heard when it will be repaired. We have had to, basically, move in with friends in the valley so that we are able to get to work and school.
Thank goodness for the hospitality of friends and family, and for the luxuries of electricity and running water!
Some blogs on the simplest of topics are the most intrigued, probably it's because they are about life. There's a lady in Salem who simply fills her days of retirement by walking the streets for exercise, taking pictures, talking to people and posting her explorations on a blog. Many love to just see what she did that day. Of course, she spins a tale.
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