The Great Escape- Weeks 9-10

We're gonna stay together baby through the monsoon and no matter the weather honey me and you will bloom....yeah yeah yeah! What's this you say?  Lakefront property, lounging next to the river, enjoying some R&R?  Hah!  This ladies and gentlemen is our road; our only ingress and egress; our only connection to supplies, Starbucks, nail appointments and all manner of N-E-C-E-S-S-I-T-I-E-S! More important than Starbucks and nails (if there is such a thing) - 1/2 of our crew got stuck on the other side! -----------------------------------------------------------

Not to fear - where there's a will there's a way.  We're no Steve McQueen but we can stage our own great escape and no stinkin' flood will keep us down!

So....we parked the Beemer on the civilization side....

And the stranded outwitted the barbed wire fence to crawl on the train trestle.

Armed with their most valuable possessions, the refugees scaled the bridge and began their way across the flood...

Closer and closer they came; relieved to be free, they waived to their rescuers...

And tightly clutched their teddy bears!

Safe on the other side, they scaled great heights and engaged in Herculean feats to get safely to the ground.

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What we've learned:  We're crazy.  Plumb, certifiably crazy!  And, we're loving every minute (okay that's a bit of an exaggeration) we're loving alot of this adventure; speaking of adventures, this one never ends-never a dull moment; monsoon season is not to be trifled with; having a train trestle border your road is simply the best thing ever, we pity all the poor folks that don't have such a luxury; and, at the end of the day...getting home is the only thing that matters.

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Construction Update:  Since we realize this blog entry is not particularly informative about our building status and recognize some of you read this blog for information rather than entertainment (go figure) here's where we're at....cross your fingers...a little birdy at the permit department told us we're almost there so we've readied the foundation contractor and the surveyor to mark the house lines (which we already marked but our child labor force decided to remove and play with).  Hopefully by the next entry we can report a permit and building progress. It's been a long and often times challenging summer but the memories we've made and the things we've experienced are simply indescribable.

 Live to Dream...Dream to Live