Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

Good morning guys, have a great Friday!

 

So, no good closeup pics but here are a couple I thought were good enough to post here:
This one is heading north on RT 3, with the mountains and clouds, I thought it was interesting:


You can see the erosion in this one. The breakdown lane north bound is gone, they had us in the south bound travel lane for close to 2 miles.



Edit:
The kicker is, it’s still only being reported as “shoulders closed”. More like “shoulders gone, travel down to one lane. Expect delays.”
The North Country is often neglected by the major media outlets and to an extent, the state. Why they’re not reporting this accurately must, imho, be an attempt to not discourage visitors coming up.

 

Morning all

 

There’s a 2 lane road not far from the house that washed out completely and they had to close that road. The news said it should be opened in 2 months, that was in January and it’s still closed.

 

Yikes. There must be fairly easy access to alternative routes.

I’d be surprised if these repairs weren’t completed by winter though who knows with the amount of funding cuts our DOT has undergone over the years.

My favored route along the Connecticut River is completely washed out in sections. It’s unknown when it’ll open up again. That too would be expected to be repaired before winter but again

 

Morning

 

My house

 

Then everyday commute could turn out to be an off roading fun

 

Looks like you’re directing it right at that garage door in the last pic

 

Big creek

Edit: see bridge

 

Did some paperwork in the morning and had a time getting rolling after that...

Spoiler: Yep, you guessed it

Fell asleep in the chair.

Only mowed 4 lawns today, the other three fortunately don't grow as fast - they also look pretty brown and ragged. It wasn't all that hot but not nice either, unusual for me I ran the AC on the way home.

 

Who are these properties you often refer to?

Helping the aged? You a land lord? Family?

I can't be the only one that wants deets.

 

8 total:

2 rentals, the old family homestead (to be sold someday ), 2 charity jobs, 1 trade - I mow he does the snow at a rental for me, the garage and here at home.

Plus the occasional help someone out job.

 

Excellent! Just enough to make you earn that cat and nap time.

 

Noticed this when I got home

 

The mowing isn't so bad - the trimming and brush cutting on the other hand...

Having the saws, ladders, chipper, shredder, etc is all well and good but when you have to load & lug the stuff all over the place and do all the work it becomes a multi-day extravaganza.

 

I understand.

My own place is enjoyable, but it is a " handful" to keep in check.

Having an absentee owner vacant lot to the west of me makes it a bit more of a headache.

There are several 14" trees leaning heavily east into my yard...

They may or may not have been "ringed".

We will know more this fall.

 

Got nothing in this 3” x 6” x 1/4” x 10’ tubing or poles so here comes a deer skinning rack off the back of the shop.




That piece of tape on the handle is at 4’.



Got water to the right of the pole.




Poles are as wide as the door so I can still drive whatever through the shop.

 

Shop Crew: “What did you do this summer Cole?”

Cole: “Dug holes.”