The air is crisp and clean as we
pull into the HUT parking lot almost giddy with excitement. We have anticipated this day for weeks, in some ways years, and now it is reality.
That is how it began. Our plan was simple this weekend; get a lay of the land regarding three of our main projects.
But first we came across some struggling HUT survivors and helped them resurrect their refugee tent. (Paul Elliott[R] helping Johnathan Striclyn [L] Johnathan is a co-conspirator in this DLG thing)
With the tent up we were back on the trail. Our plan was to test the hill top above "Africa" for a good location for a Windmill generator. A long, and somewhat wobbly, PVC poll, with lovely pink and black ribbon attached, served as our wind gauge. Below, you can watch Paul fail at keeping the poll still. Finally we did get the wily pipe to stay and, as we suspected, there was a sufficient wind current... Windmill here we come!
Our other two projects both involve water. We talked to Mr. Oneal Tankersly (struggling HUT survivor ;-) about where we should dig our Tilapia fish pond and a plot was chosen where it can be easily maintained as well as easily seen by visitors... visitors like, say, you? Maybe, we hope.
For our third project we let out towards the creek; climbing over rocks, scouting through brush, and under lodged logs in search of that elusive beast... white water. It took some scrapes and bruises and a couple of snake encounters (non poisonous don't worry) before we found our ideal spot... at least the most ideal one we could find (Pictured below). We need a good height change to create water pressure that we will harness using a hydro ram pump. Our plan is to use this hydro ram pump to deliver water up to the garden and our fish pond-to-be in "Africa" 300ft up. It could get hairy but we have some tricky ideas up our sleeves.
This is a video clip of Caleb Meeks saying something about the spot we found... not as educational as he had planed I am sure. "I will have to work on that." :-) -Caleb
Tired, hungry, thirsty, sweaty, and generally spent from a day of exploration and bushwhacking we headed for the cookin' fire to rustle up some vittles. The menu was: soup of the day (Caf. takeout-hodgepodge, Ramen noodle, and seasoning salt stew) , semi stale chips, Hot (burnt) potatoes, Caleb's fire brewed Chai (TM...jk), and water.
Here we are a brewin' the stew:
Yummm: (Randal Likes the Stew)
To finish off the day we took a dip in the creek.... it was very very cold.
(Randal Gabriel, Caleb Meeks, Paul Elliott)
The rest of the evening we spent stoking the fire and fending off mosquitoes while dreaming, scheming and planning for what we will do next week.
Let me just say, it is going to be great!
And to end things off with a bang we had a little fire works show:
Come Back next week for more adventures with the D.L.G.!
P.S. Silly Running Video:
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