Drainage pipe cleared

 I went over to Cathryn & Bryan's this morning to finish clearing the drainage pipe opening. It doesn't look like much of a hole from the road.

 I uncovered the opening last week, but there was a lot of rock debris in the mouth of the pipe and I couldn't get it out with the shovel alone.

 Today, I also took the pick with me to help convince the rocks to break up and move. While they didn't break, it got them to shift and move so I could get to the edges and leverage them out.

The hole is deeper than it looked like it was, about 5 ft. to the bottom of the pipe. It should drain a lot better now.

Lake yesterday, cutting firewood today

  

Yesterday, Heather and I went to Grayson Lake for some fishing. We had a blast. I went for a swim at one of the waterfalls before we came back home. The falls were still ice cold.

Today was a working day. This limb came down at Cathryn's during one of the spring storms. Our best guess is sycamore for the wood type, but we're not really sure.

 My little workhorse was there to help pull the limb up out of the ditch it ended up in. Our plan worked very well and made it a lot easier to get it all cut up.

 Lisa and Jim got a load of firewood out of it. They still have a rack or two left to fill up.

Everything all loaded up and ready to head back home.

Back to Grayson Lake

 Heather and I went to Grayson Lake this morning. It was nice and quiet when we got there.

 We went most of the way to the south end of the lake after the fish stopped biting. It was farther down the lake than either of us had been before.

 The waterfall into Big Gimlet Creek is barely there. Rainfall has been spotty around here for a few weeks and some places are getting dry.

I had to go retrieve Heather's bobber when the line broke. It was a hot day and I didn't mind at all.

Gone fishing

 Boo is here for a visit, so we went to Grayson Lake for a bit of fishing. We caught some and had a good time.

It was a very nice day to be on the lake. It is also a pretty place to be.

Tractor fixed

I found a place in Winchester that had the steering shaft bushing I needed to fix the lawn tractor. I bought one this morning and fixed the tractor, then tested it on part of the back yard. As you can easily see, the old one was in pretty rough shape.

More Grayson fishing

 It finally stopped raining for a while, with a bit of sun this morning. So Allen and I went out to Grayson Lake for a bit of fishing.

 It was pretty quiet when we got there, but got a lot busier later in the day.

 We had a blast, even though the fish were mostly smaller ones. We got mostly bluegill and a few largemouth bass

 We released them all to get bigger.

 This mallard hen was looking for a handout, I think. When we didn't feed her, she left.

After all the rain and flooding we got this past week, the lake was high. This is the same triple fall waterfall as the prior post had. Notice the distinctly shorter drop into the lake.

Grayson lake visited again

 Heather and I went fishing today. We went to Grayson Lake. The little waterfall is still running and still cold. The lake water was just about 70.

 The caves along the edges of the lake are also still there.

 We saw a lot of these round holes. It looked like someone dug them out with a giant ice cream scoop. Maybe they were geodes that were opened up?

 This waterfall is one of the prettier ones. You can see three drops to it from the water.

We caught some small fish, but tossed them back to get bigger. All in all, a very pretty day to be out on the lake.