Fall is such a beautiful time of year.
I know it has been months since I updated my blog. In fact as I look at my last entry and realize my last post was at the start of hurricane season, I am thankful we did not get any hurricanes in Jacksonville.
Rich, Lucky and I spent our summer in NY. We had a nice time. The weather was beautiful. The only problem we encountered was how to get rid of the beavers that move onto our land. They took ownership of our pond and stream. They made several dams to make new homes for their ever growing family. Rich was truly amazed at how clever they were in building their dams. Below the surface was so much heavy mud that you actually needed a machine to completely destroy it. They used any type of wood they could find and even had some pressure treated lumber attached to their dam. Since we no longer have a backhoe Rich used a shovel to break down their dam and it was exhausting work. Rich would tear down a section of the dam and get the water flowing but within a few days the beavers had it rebuilt. Our son Brain is going to have some of his friends trap the beavers once trapping season begins. We just spoke to Brian and he said the beavers have the whole area flooded again right now.
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One of the Beaver dams
We also had to have a new roof put on the house. The winters are so bad in central NY that a 25 year roof shingle only lasted us 12 years. Rich knew the roof would not hold up for another winter without starting to leak. We hired a roofing company and they did a good job.
We brought our dinghy to NY so Rich could restore it. We took our grandson Adam with us for a sea trial on the Lebanon Reservoir. This was Adam's first time in a boat of any size and he loved it.
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In June, Amanda a reporter from the Resident Community News's asked me if I would do an interview. She wanted to know what it was like living on a boat and why we chose the Ortega Yacht Club Marina. I invited her aboard and we talked for quite awhile. She took the following pictures of us for the article. Her story was in the August edition. Since we were in NY in August, Amanda saved us a few newspapers and gave them to us when we came back.
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Be Blessed!
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