Friday Ride Time!

Little Bennett Regional Park

Great ride in this local park, we haven't been there in a while and really enjoyed the recent reroutes of overused and unsustainable trails.

Errands in the Rain

We ran errands today, because there is not much else we can do around here. Grocery, running here and there, the mall. He even bought a new pair of pants! I can honestly say I haven't been in a clothing store in a couple years and like I've said in the past, "seeing is wanting."

We came home in the persistent rain and finished watching a movie. My fingers are wrinkled.

Cold, Wet

Right on cue, KC has started his winter coat. It seemed like overnight, too. The hurricane is going to miss us, but the Nor'easter did not.

I left the boys out in the field for the night because it is too wet to leave them in the 'dry' paddock, that being not so dry. The basement has dried out and we are now using the new de-humidifier, works like a champ!

Hurricane Joaquin

Rainy Night

First night of the season that everyone stayed in. It was raining, and then it was cascading down in sheets.

I had turned all the lights out, we were brushing out teeth, 'fixing' to go to bed. I walked in the bedroom and heard the rain really coming down. I thought I'd check the basement before I took off my boots and jeans.

There was water in the basement. I let him know that and he went out to check the rear gutter. I went out to check the exterior stair well and boy did I get an eye full!

I ran back in to change out of my Ariat boots for my Muck Boots, those being waterproof up to about my knee. I was going to need that.

The sump pump was not activated AND the black tube that goes from the downspout was not attached. The water was gushing out and going down the stairwell, about two feet deep at this point. It was coming under the basement door into the basement.

He got the sump pump going and I got the wet-vac going and stayed up till nearly midnight vacuuming the basement floor. From end to end, sideways and lengthwise. Crap.

And this wasn't even the hurricane! It stopped raining about 11 o'clock, but the water was still on the basement floor. I was soaked clear through my jean jacket and jeans. My clothes were heavy and dripping. Apparently rain water makes my hair curly.

We received over six inches of rain from about 4:30 p.m. to 11:00.

Total Eclipse of the Moon!

Overcast, mostly, all day. The sun popped out now and then, but generally low ceiling all day.

The eclipse started around 9:15 p.m., and the clouds parted so I could get a glimpse. Apparently this particular kind of eclipse of the SuperMoon won't happen again until I'm 76 years old.

Sunday, Let's Ride Again!

Sunday trip to Woodstock Inn. Through trails we hadn't been on in a while. Overcast, so I was hitting the high meadows without feeling I was melting or burning.

We stopped to inspect the '58 Bel Air with the witch mannequin inside.

We ran into friends at the Woodstock Inn, but we ate alone, in the window.

We saw Deer and a hawk.