Pivots and Cornnuts.....

When Ron got home tonight.....he and I went to watch our Pivot by Duncan so we could reverse it back headed for the road......anyway......we grabbed Cheerio and headed to the pivot in Ron's pickup. FINALLY a nice evening to be outside!!! It wasn't humid or blazing hot. What seemed like an eternity and half a bag of Cornnuts later.....we finally were able to reverse the pivot, but unfortunately it was still on load control so Ron had to return later after dark to turn it on.

Cheerio LOVES to ride....BUT he has to sit by Ron when the pickup isn't moving. He knows the rule when the pickup moves...............

Pivot Supervisor - Cheerio Stock :) 

When we FINALLY got back home, we decided to go for a much appreciated Golf Cart ride. Kind of rare these days. With the extreme heat we had been having even the evenings weren't suited for a Golf Cart ride, so we enjoy grabbing the cart and heading out. We surveyed the progress on our New Retaining wall construction and I think both of us where shocked at the water level. The Drought of 2012 has taken it's toll on our water level but has also provided an opportunity to make shoreline improvements................these are the photos I took to show the extreme drop in the water and the progress of our retaining wall. 

The wide strip of sand that you see is usually under water.......

This is the area where the retaining wall is going. Typically the water line is way over the blue and white pipes you see and ONLY the top of the rock was is showing. 

At one point several years ago the water was OVER this retaining wall when it was flooding. You can see the 'Normal" water line. 

This is my Flood stage guide. When it was flooding several years ago I judge the rise and fall of the flood water by the white bouy on the dock. It has been level with the top of the corner of this dock. 

This is our boat dock. Notice our boat. It is usually Almost level with this dock......it is UNDER it! I have NO idea how in the heck we are going to get this thing out!!!!

Showing where the water level typically is.......and Cheerio's tail end :) 

Another shot of the dock and our boat. 

More showing the drastic drop in the water and that Thunderhead in the background. It brought rain to some folks just not us. :( 

Our poor boat is dry docked :) 

Where the new retaining wall will be....again water is usually just below the green grass areas.....

Showing more of the water that is left in our channel....which isn't much :(