CW's Back Yard Water Garden Begins!

[combatwombat]

@bagsmom: Aren't you in Louisiana? I've never been, but I thought everyone had a bayou in their backyard.

 

[bagsmom]

@bagsmom: Aren't you in Louisiana? I've never been, but I thought everyone had a bayou in their backyard.

No - Georgia! Just muggy weather and rain; we've been really lucky

 

[combatwombat]

MORE ROCKS, BABY! BIG ONES!

 

[brokensword]

Been thinking I need to get some wood on site to weave into my shoreline. Asked Dad to scout the local island while he was out fishing today. Looks like we're going to go lasso some driftwood this week.

View attachment 142732View attachment 142733View attachment 142734

you're gonna warm the cockles of GB's lil heart, CW!!

 

[GBBUDD]

The wood I collected sure wasn't laying around in one area that's for damn sure. One came from West Virginia one from South Carolina and another from CT. well most from CT. I have been out to the west coast shore line and yes I was beyond drooling at all the drift wood laying on the beach. I found one area just south of Howe rain forest area that was beyond stacked with logs stumps etc. If i had drove out there i would have looked like a deer antler chandelier driving down he highway with limbs hanging out from every direction. It boggles my mind they rarely get storms out there / the west coast doesn't get hurricanes or twisters yet they have beaches covered with wood
i just don't get it what is the cause of all the wood in the waters , Land slides?

 

[combatwombat]

@GBBUDD: I think it's just a lot of forests, a lot of rivers, and enough rain to raise those rivers high enough in the winter and spring to carry anything that's fallen near them downstream. Most of the tributaries around here flood every year. We also transport ton of timber up and down The Columbia and I think it's not terribly unusual for some to get lost along the way. Not like the old days, though, where they actually floated giant timber rafts down the river.

 

[GBBUDD]

I enjoyed it , as was the eagles

 

[combatwombat]

Oh, is that a shot from the PNW? It does look like it, but I assumed it was one of the places where you got your wood. Where did you visit?

 

[GBBUDD]

Yes it is from in your neck of the woods. The Shorter answer is where didn't I go

 

[GBBUDD]

YOU LIVE IN A AMAZING part of this country I just cant believe how messed up people have made it

 

[combatwombat]

Gorgeous shots. I recognize a lot of those landmarks. Have summited most of the peaks in the area several times.

 

[GBBUDD]

When i work in an area i usually leave knowing the area better then most locals. When you get done working you head home cut the lawn x the stom door, change the oil in the tractor. When i travel when I get done each day its road trip time take a new way back to the hotel or rv each time . Not in a hurry to sit and wait for the sun to set life is short.

 

[combatwombat]

Load #1 of driftwood acquired. There’s enough wood on one tiny section of beach to do 100 ponds.

 

[GBBUDD]

If only it was that easy around here i searched for months

 

[brokensword]

If only it was that easy around here i searched for months

that's okay, GB; I bet when CW wants to go looking for high electricity, he'll come visit your neck of the woods and stock up...er, wait; that wouldn't be a good thing, would it? How about when he needs to stock up on mosquitoes for around the pond, he'll come to Conn and...no, that's not optimum either. I know! MOSS! Okay, let me start again...

that's okay GB, I bet when CW gets done researching moss for around the pond--probably a 3-4 month process, he'll set his sights on your part of the country, drag his lil boat with him, and load it all up with fresh minty moss, hey?

Geez, bet you're wishing twasn't raining and I'd had to work today, huh?