Dardene Creek 3-19-08

The rain finally quit here last night. Most of the heavy rain went south of St. Louis. Thank God! That means Bennett Springs got more rain than here. Dave and De and the kids are going tomorrow afternoon. They might need a boat rather than waders. LOL! I have a link of pictures for you.

http://www.missouritrout.com/weavers/report.html

Dave went out to the farm today and took some pictures of the creek and river water.

Here is Dardene Creek at Old Town.

Here is the road to the 80 Club.

Here is a picture of Hwy C looking north of the Bethmann Farm. Blue Wing is on the right and Busch's driveway is on the left.

Dave got a couple of pictures of the S-curve on Hwy C. The water was running over the levy top and they put up some straw bales to keep it in the banks.

The water had dropped some by the time Dave went back to town so it is going in the right direction. I guess no sandbagging this Easter. Thank God! '93 flood was enough for me.

Well this is the Very Last Time I get to say this----

Happy Winter!

Love,

Mickey

Rain-Rain-And-More-Rain

We have gotten 2.3" of rain at the farm since yesterday and it is still raining slow and steady. Here are a few pictures we took about 3:30 pm today.

This is Dardene Creek by Old Town- _

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Dardene Creek by "S" curve-

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This is a picture of the Bethmann Farm front yard looking south toward Silvers Rd.

Hope it stops soon.

Dave was going to fish at Bennett Springs with my brother and some of the kids. They have been doing this since the kids were young. But it is flooding there too. He will keep an eye on the web site and make up his mind later this week on if they can go.
Here is a link to Bennett Springs State Park.

http://www.missouritrout.com/weavers/report.html

Rain-Rain-Go-Away!!

Happy Winter! I got to write it one more time!

Love,

Mickey

March-Week 3

Hello Everyone,

I finally made it out to the farm today. There was a little cleaning to do out there. I hadn't made it out there since the first of Janurary. Dave has been going out there and working on the sick decoys. They are the ones that are sinking because someone shot them instead of the real duck. He has to drill holes in them and then fill them with foam to keep them afloat. Not much fun. He was playing with them in the bathtub. There was so many he couldn't fit in with them. LOL!! I think he has them all about done.

Dave saw several deer on the northwest levy. He managed to get some good pictures for you.

I took the pictures of the solar battery maintainers for you.

It is sitting in the cab with the wires running through a window and to the battery.

This is the brain, which has to stay dry.

Here is where it is attached to the battery.

This is the over all picture from battery to cab.

This is the last time I get to say this for a while--

Happy Winter!"

Love,

Mickey

March-In Like A Lion...

I haven't written much about the farm lately so I will tell you what is going on out there.

Dave has been working on the sick duck decoys. This past Sunday Howie went out to the farm and he and Dave installed solar battery maintainers on the JD8630. They are suppose to keep the batteries charged. We will get pictures of them for you later.

Then they worked on the grain truck to fix the axel that broke when I was hauling a load into town last fall. Now we need to locate a new one to replace it.

Yesterday Dave took some pictures of the geese feeding in the fields on the west side of Hwy. C. I hope they pick it clean.

I have been busy rehabbing a house with my brother and sister-in-law so I haven't been out there since the end of duck season. Spring is just arround the corner and I will be out there a lot then.

Today we got 5" of snow at the house. Dave went with Susie to the doctor. What should have been a 20 minute drive from St. John's Hospital took 2 1/2 hours to get back to St. Charles. They said there was 11" of snow at the airport. That is a lot of snow.

Enjoy the pictures.

Happey Winter,

Love,

Mickey