You’ve got the power-no, not really. 😏 Day two in the powerless saga of our road. So, despite the calls and despite the knowledge that our road was trapped with no way out, the utility company didn’t send anyone out to do anything about the 2’+ diameter tree blocking the road and the downed power lines until around 9 AM this morning. None of the residents on that side of the tree had any access out for 36 hours! It’s very fortunate that there was no medical emergency or fire as the emergency services would not have been able to reach them!
Around 10:20, we left to go to church (we were one of 3 total who could get out). We drove under a new telephone pole on a truck to get out. When church was done and we were headed home and arrived, a guy jumped out of a truck, and told us we couldn’t go forward! I told him, as did @silvertop, that our driveway was just to the left behind the truck blocking the road. Ironically, it took some explaining to get him to understand before he’d let us go. However, after telling us we could, I looked at him and grinned and told him he needed to move the orange cone first though. He looked at it, then at me and then back at it and said he could do that! It was kind of funny or maybe you needed to be there. We got home and into the driveway. 😁
So they replaced the pole but the old one is still ‘tied’ to it as the tree broke the old pole. Ziply Fiber will have to come move the phone lines I guess before they take the old pole down, as the phone lines have not been moved to the new pole. What a weekend! 😅
Midafternoon, we headed out for a hike up to Westergreen’s way. Jan came with.
They don’t call the trees Big Leaf Maples for no reason! Check out the size of these guys!
Some nice views….
Coming back down, we spied a lot of smoke. It almost seemed like some big was on fire!🔥
Turns out our neighbor was burning a small fire from a pile of sticks, bark and maybe leaves, but it wasn’t burning very well. Smoked like crazy though!
It has been an adventurous weekend, that’s for sure! Tomorrow finds me doing some work from home and training for the clinic. I also have a conference call with the software company rep. Then, there’s also 4 pounds of coffee that needs roasting and hopefully a hike squeezed in there, weather permitting. Whew! 😅
That’s all for today. May you have a blessed and lovely week ahead! 🙏🇮🇱🇺🇦
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