Yesterday, Lynn and I strung electric fence wire. It was an adventure. (Well everything with Lynn kinda turns out that!) We used the quad to hold the wire and then went along the fence hanging it on the insulators. There were problems of course, but Lynn was able to "jimmy-rig" everything to work. (She is her father's daughter afterall.) Then we came to the biggest obstacle. She makes me nervous, but as anyone who knows her can attest, there's no stopping her when she gets an idea.
The fence stretches from the highway to the upper fence line, crossing an arm of the pond in the field next to Shirley's house. The spool of wire is a little heavy and the pond was probably 8 feet across--bank to bank. We weren't sure if we could pitch it across and catch it before it rolled down into the brakish water. Izzy was playing in the water right there chasing water walkers and was muddy to her belly. Lynn decided belly deep wasn't that deep and she would drive the quad across the pond. In both of our minds was the kind of bottom she would be driving across. Would she sink? Would she get stuck in the muck? The alternative was to take off her shoes and wade across--yuck!! Salamanders and gunky, oozy black mud? It was worth the risk.
We rolled out 10 feet of wire and she drove in, with me holding the wire so it didn't get tangled. Her first attempt found her unable to get traction and she spun out trying to get up the bank on the other side. She backed back over to the side I was standing on and said, "Don't hold on to the wire, I'm going to gun it across!" Ha! Well, she made it! She didn't even get her feet wet. Success all around.
I did not know that last night was so funny, but after reading about it, your right. Major ha ha for me. Reading about our experinces is as much fun as being there. Well almost. :) I am glad it is almost finished. I don't know if I could have managed without you. Thank you for all your help. I will continue to work on it tonight.
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