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:Heaven, I'm in Heaven..."
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Re: :Heaven, I'm in Heaven..."
Today was a great day.
Worked a half day, so I accomplished something...
My Big Boy steel came home from a very short vacation at Rice Lake today, and I finally got the chance to wander through my(our) new property with both of my co-owner brothers.
Today was the first time the middle brother has had a chance to see his new land.
We strolled around for a little over an hour, just introducing ourselves to the landscape and boundaries.
We discovered something new, and wonderful about our new property.
The hillside described in the o.p. has a small, but active spring running out of the hill and into a natural valley.
The valley is shallow at the foot, but gets deeper at the top.
The neat part is, I think we can put in a few small retarding dams with spillways into this ravine.
I think we could create maybe 4 or 5 small ponds, tiered down the hillside.
The bottom one might only be 3 or 4 feet deep, but maybe 50 or 60 feet across.
Next one up could go 30-40 feet across, but as deep as 10 feet on the deep end.
The next one up looks like it would be a bit smaller in diameter than the last, but still 8-10 feet deep.
I am envisioning a cascading waterfall comprised of 4 or 5 ponds.
That should draw in some game.
After a good tiring romp through our new property, I became the first of the new property owners to fire a shot on the grounds.
I took out my .327 rifle that just returned from repair.
I sent it back because of light primer strikes.
The repair note simply said, "Replaced bolt and tuned".
I only ran 10 rounds of Federal American Eagle 100gr JSP's, but not a light strike in the bunch.
Easy work day, got my rifle back, and got to spend time with both of my brothers at the same time.
Got to know my new property a little better, and found out my rifle is fixed! (I'm being optimistic).
It just doesn't get much better than this!
Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket...
Worked a half day, so I accomplished something...
My Big Boy steel came home from a very short vacation at Rice Lake today, and I finally got the chance to wander through my(our) new property with both of my co-owner brothers.
Today was the first time the middle brother has had a chance to see his new land.
We strolled around for a little over an hour, just introducing ourselves to the landscape and boundaries.
We discovered something new, and wonderful about our new property.
The hillside described in the o.p. has a small, but active spring running out of the hill and into a natural valley.
The valley is shallow at the foot, but gets deeper at the top.
The neat part is, I think we can put in a few small retarding dams with spillways into this ravine.
I think we could create maybe 4 or 5 small ponds, tiered down the hillside.
The bottom one might only be 3 or 4 feet deep, but maybe 50 or 60 feet across.
Next one up could go 30-40 feet across, but as deep as 10 feet on the deep end.
The next one up looks like it would be a bit smaller in diameter than the last, but still 8-10 feet deep.
I am envisioning a cascading waterfall comprised of 4 or 5 ponds.
That should draw in some game.
After a good tiring romp through our new property, I became the first of the new property owners to fire a shot on the grounds.
I took out my .327 rifle that just returned from repair.
I sent it back because of light primer strikes.
The repair note simply said, "Replaced bolt and tuned".
I only ran 10 rounds of Federal American Eagle 100gr JSP's, but not a light strike in the bunch.
Easy work day, got my rifle back, and got to spend time with both of my brothers at the same time.
Got to know my new property a little better, and found out my rifle is fixed! (I'm being optimistic).
It just doesn't get much better than this!
Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket...
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Re: :Heaven, I'm in Heaven..."
Congratulations. It sounds like a very nice day indeed. Time well spent.
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Re: :Heaven, I'm in Heaven..."
Congrats on the new property, man nothing like having your "own" place.
Good luck on those turkeys.
Just remember they see's REALLY good.
RP
Good luck on those turkeys.
Just remember they see's REALLY good.
RP
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Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012