South Park week vacation.

[nebraskadad]

well prospecting was pretty much a bust last week. Water was high everywhere.

Fairplay Beach - Road Washed out

Fairplay Beach

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Arkansas River South of Pump station on JUne 21st.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQP6BEgxiuY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hUYWa7Mds0

My Wife's uncle took a tumble off a Ford 9n and got ran over and landed in Co Sprgs Memorial with a broken pelvis and 6-9 months of rehab. We spent most of vacation doing errands around the ranch and taking stuff from Lake George to Springs for her aunt. One day was digging out tractor stuck in the mud where it stopped after running over her uncle.

We closed on our new property which we are extremely pleased with.. I will try to resize some more photos to post.

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[golden optimist]

Sorry I didn't get back to you but things were pretty hectic the last 4 weeks. The water level is why we normally go to douglas Creek this time of year. Let me know if you want to go there.
Leonard

[nebraskadad]

Leonard, Don't sweat it. It was a mess last week. lot of drownings on the arkansas and platte the last couple of weeks out there. Maybe by fall things will have settled down.


I hope you are feeling better. Sounds like you have had a crappy month. Get better.

[AuTSaurus]

Sorry to hear about the uncle's injuries, Nebraskadad.

That's a shame about the mud, that it was enough, and deep enough to "stick" the tractor,

too bad it didn't cushion him enough to prevent his getting broken.

[nebraskadad]

AuTSaurus,

we are just grateful it wasn't worse. He was in good spirits the day after surgery. But part of that could have been the epidural drugs he was getting.

It was a blur. My wife and i were coming up the driveway from closing on our property to see the Fire Trucks and EMT Squad and my wife's aunt standing next to the crew, seeing her uncle getting worked on by the EMT's.

He crawled about 50' feet to the road, didn't have a cell phone, (not that one would work where he was) his wife only found him because she was coming down the road to meet a fishery truck delivering trout to the pond.. She saw the tractor and got out and found him. I think we will get them some walkies.

we heard this after the fact. Her aunt asked us to make sure the fish were delivered. We were glad we could take care of it ...
My wife took pics of the fish and showed him as that was his plan for the day, to smooth the road for the fishery's truck.. He was tickled to see the trout feeding on his pond,from a short video we took with the phones.

Heavy equipment and being alone isn't a good mix.

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the trout that were delivered were supposed to be 9" to 12", there were a bunch that were 16" of better and chubs. The pond is full of chow for them, so they won't be too hungry for quite a while

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[AuTSaurus]

Damn. That sounds like it was a close one. Also sounds like he is one tough son of a gun.
Thank goodness he didn't pass out where it happened.

I hope he heals and rehabs well so he can enjoy his OWN trout pond. Wow. Neat!!!

[Hoser John]

Toooo close for comfort, hope he heals fast. AND get back to fishing that cool pond-John

[nebraskadad]

Amen, we are hoping he is back on his feet soon as well. I think being away from the ranch will be hard on them. While CoSprings is a nice town, their condo isn't home for them.

[russau]

Rex that was TOOOO CLOSE! Ive got some (4??)smaller walkies ill give you. let me get them out of the garage and check them out! Ill also need your mailing address to ship them to you.

[russau]

Rex I cant find the walkies I had. probly sold them several years back at a garage sale. SORRY!