Slowly Moving Back In

Today Dave and I started off going to Black Walnut. This is the corn there. Can you find Dave in the corn? The corn had growing quite tall around the tractor.

Dave got the JD4440 back to the farm.
Once he got there he put the blade on and started to scrape the driveway. Here is a brief video of it. Now we can at least get a truck in there.

While Dave did this Dachser and I took a walk to look around to see what the rest of the farm looked like. We walked up to

the Old Lake

and New Lake.

Before we left we went to the East Lake an looked around.

Here are a couple of pictrues of those fields.

We are on vacation next week. I will post new pictures when we return, unless we go out to the farm and get more pictures before we leave.

Happy Summer,

Love,

Mickey

Flood Update 7-18-2008

Dave and I went out to the Bethmann Farm today. The first thing we noticed the how much the water had gone down. We were able to drive in on Hwy C. It was clear of water until just north of the Busch farm. Check out the shed and house pictures.

Then I went closer to the house and found an orange sticker on the window. Condemned! Imagine that. I guess that is what happens when it has water half way up the walls.

The basement is still full of water. We can't pump it until the water level is down a bit further.

Here is a look at the fields behind the house.

This is looking south toward Silvers Rd.

The fields on the east side of Hwy. C are about clear. They aren't dry yet. That might take a bit longer.

We went for a ride toward Hwy. B. Dave wants to move the tractor from Black Walnut so we went to check out the water situation. This is what it looked like at Hwy. B and Hwy. C.

This is a picture of the Ballwin Farm. We didn't make it much further that this. The water was just around the corner so we turned around ad went back.

That is it for now. Check back soon.

Dryer Summer,

Love,

Mickey

Flooded Farm House

Sorry for the late post. The electric has been out and just came back on.

We went back out to the Bethmann Farm today. Here are pictures of the house and shed fron Hwy C. You can see how much the water has dropped since yesterday.

Today Dave and I wore our waders and made it into the house. In the garage the steps going into the house were missing. They ended up in the kitchen by the back door. The window in the back was broken out too.

We went in the front door then because the deck was still there.

Here are those pictures.

Front room

Kitchen and Dining Room

The Basement, watch that first step!!

This is the Back Bedroom

& the Bathroom.

Dave is standing on the back porch checking out the river front property. He is missing his fishing pole.

Here is a side view of the shed. You can see the water line. The one door is off it's tracks too. The Basement is still filling from the outside too.

Look!!! You can see dirt on the east side of Hwy C. First time in a very long time.

Dave is exploring and checking out the burn pit. The fire is out. Imagine that.

That's all for now. More pictures when I get them.

Good-night!

Happy Summer!

Love,

Mickey

Almost Able To Get In

Dave and I got a little closer to the farm. We were not able to get any further than the levee around the farm but it is closer. Here are some pictures we took on the way.You can compare most of these pictures to earlier posts.

This is Hwy 370 looking north at the soccer park. The concession stand is still about 1/2 way under.

This was taken on Hwy C just past Schulte Farm and before Capehart's. The water was to deep to go this way. We turned around and went down Silvers Rd.

We ventured up Silvers Rd. to the farm. The water was fairly deep but Dave did a great job getting us through. It had been 20 days since we were last able to get here by truck.

We got through the water and these were taken on the southwest corner of the New Lake.

This is looking north up Hwy C. from Silvers Rd.

Our first look at the house and shed.

This is the East lake on the east side of Hwy C. Dave says the water will be off of it before it is off the levee side of the farm. We will see.

We came along the critter just hanging around checking out the visitors.

This is a view of the farm from over by Busch's driveway. The tank was by the shed and floated over here.

Tomorrow we will bring our waders and see in we can walk in and check out the house. If so I will post those pictures for you too.

For tonight that is all.

Happy Summer,

Love,

Mickey

House & Shed Pictures

Today Dave got a ride with Keith Capehart in his boat so he was able to get some pictures for you.

The water is still running out of the farm. It is going over the driveway for the shed.

There is the shed. The door to the shop moved over a little bit. We had them both pushed to the shop side so the current wouldn't pull them off.

It looks like the grain bin is still standing. You can see the water line on it.

From the picture it looks like the water was 1/2 way up the windows. We can't get in there yet to see the damage.

This is the east side of Hwy. C.

Well that is about all the pictures for now. I will post new ones when I get them.

Happy Summer!!

Love, Mickey

Flood update 7-6-2008

We went out to the farm but only made it a little further down Hwy C., just at Schulte's place. Here are a few pictures.









This is looking toward the Bethmann Farm. This is just southeast of the farm.





This is of the Schulte farm. Look at the water line on on the barn.








This was taken on Silvers Rd. Looking northeast toward Hwy. C.

















This is the Other Bethmann's barn. It across Silvers Rd. from Jim's house. Look at the water line and how far the water has receded.



















These last two wer taken on Silvers Rd. lookung northeast toward the farm. This is at the sharp curves. The fatm is in the very, very far right side. Well if we could see throught the houses and trees. Any way it is still to deep to drive in. I will post more pictures when I get them.

You can click on any of the pictures in the blog to enlarge them.








Getting Drier,
Happy Summer!
Love,
Mickey