Years ago a tree in Stillwater was saved because some lady chained herself to it to prevent it being taken when the new parking area was built for the Hospital… I think it was maybe 15 years ago? At least one of kids was in OSU at the time.. Well that tree could not be saved forever… it broke down last weekend due to internal rot and is now being taken down… but no one with chains came out today?
At least nothing more than chain saws…
I got my walk in early today and then put on my coveralls… yes, I probably wear them more now than when I was working… ha!
Went out and cleared off that area on the back side of the dam with the brush cutter… I had meant to get it done for the last 3 years but somehow just never got to it… so today I finished up the trimming I started early this summer… cutting a little out at a time when I could …
This was how it looked when I started out today… I had gotten it this far by using the two wheeled trimmer but now… it was hand work… doesn’t look like it but that slope is pretty steep (2:1)…
Now it is all cut out… what a mess, found a couple of larger hole, like maybe armadillos or ? rabbits… but did see a big bull snake come out of it when I was trimming earlier this year. so maybe now I can get them filled in… wish the slope was a bit less so I could run the ridding mower over it but 2:1 is way steep on the rider… the front 3:1 is plenty steep and some times I wonder if I am going in the pond or not?
I quit that so I could cool down and get in for lunch at about 11:30… made it in for lunch and today… we went to the Barbeque place (Cherokee Strip) but man they have gone up in prices… they will be reduced on our lunch rotation at he current costs… I am retired now you know…
After lunch I needed to go back out to get some eggs and ended up taking a joy ride… I had thought I had been to Lone Chimney lake but when I got there I had never been? on the way I made a small tour of Glencoe…
Lots of old houses, a once prosperous town now slowly dyeing back???
There were a lot of native rock places here, most downtown for old businesses but some were houses and some out buildings…
Bright paint job… and behind is a bait shop… not sure they are connected but ?
They have an RV park up north west of town… not sure this one is road worth anymore? but appears it is still used…
The RV park has maybe 3 or 4 spaces but also houses the balk parks, a pond and several other attractions, including this??? a less than well used horse shoe area… with 8 pits? must have been a big thing at one time…
When I left town and headed on to the Lone Chimney lake went past this? not sure what it is for either “CLUB TODISH” … I know there are some folks there named TODISH but not sure what they used this for..
A special mailbox… won’t see too many like that… pretty solid too…
At the lake this was put up on t he fence at the south pick nic area… ? those boots weren’t wore out yet?
Looking the other direction from the boot cross… not much lake there anymore… didn’t get a picture of the water plant and stuff on the other side..
My drive back probably could have had a lot more pictures but I just needed to get home (by way of the store) and get a few little things taken care of…
At the store I picked up eggs, peppers and cookies… important stuff…
Dinner??? of course and omelet since I got eggs and peppers and we had tomatoes from the garden and a big onion… with some chunk ham and some jalapeno peppers and salsa…
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Finish that off with some fresh made vanilla (warm) pudding… boy was that good.
Early this morning the neighbors dog was barking… so the tree amigos had to watch…
WD0AJG