Let's see if I can kill a thread. Not my intent, mind you, but it just seems to happen whenever I post.
Here goes.
Last week I went down to the lake house at Lake Eufaula to check out the fire damage and meet with the insurance adjuster. It's bad but not as bad as it could have been because it was contained to the exterior. It's a mobile home, so all of the skirting and most of the siding on one side and about 3/4 of the back is either melted completely off or warped. All of that will have to be replaced along with miscellaneous items that were in the back. The entire back yard and wooded side lot are completely burnt up. There was no damage to the front of the house. Several trees will need to be cut down. Some are/were some very nice oak and hickory trees. Due to the diligence of several neighbors who saw the fire and came to help rake leaves before the fire department arrived, there is a lot less damage than there could have been. I'm so thankful they were there and willing to help out. They were all given thank you notes and packages of homemade brownies and cookies.
Inside I discovered all sorts of plumbing problems unrelated to the fire. The plumber came out and got all of that fixed after two visits. I had to spend one night in a hotel in McAlester because of the leaks. The carpet will need to be replaced in every room. I did the best I could soaking up the water with towels, drying them, repeating.
After all that, I did manage to cut down 8-10 small trees that were growing in the wrong places, raked all the leaves in the front and burned what I could before the burn ban went back into effect. Trimmed some dead branches off the bigger trees as high up as I could reach (not very high though because I'm only 5 ft tall without a ladder.)
I tripped over a large rock that got in my way and messed up my ankle, my whole body aches and I smell like Ben-Gay, but got a lot done. All in all I feel like it was a successful trip even though I didn't get to fish at all. Sure enjoyed the nice fall weather though.
Last week I went down to the lake house at Lake Eufaula to check out the fire damage and meet with the insurance adjuster. It's bad but not as bad as it could have been because it was contained to the exterior. It's a mobile home, so all of the skirting and most of the siding on one side and about 3/4 of the back is either melted completely off or warped. All of that will have to be replaced along with miscellaneous items that were in the back. The entire back yard and wooded side lot are completely burnt up. There was no damage to the front of the house. Several trees will need to be cut down. Some are/were some very nice oak and hickory trees. Due to the diligence of several neighbors who saw the fire and came to help rake leaves before the fire department arrived, there is a lot less damage than there could have been. I'm so thankful they were there and willing to help out. They were all given thank you notes and packages of homemade brownies and cookies.
Inside I discovered all sorts of plumbing problems unrelated to the fire. The plumber came out and got all of that fixed after two visits. I had to spend one night in a hotel in McAlester because of the leaks. The carpet will need to be replaced in every room. I did the best I could soaking up the water with towels, drying them, repeating.
After all that, I did manage to cut down 8-10 small trees that were growing in the wrong places, raked all the leaves in the front and burned what I could before the burn ban went back into effect. Trimmed some dead branches off the bigger trees as high up as I could reach (not very high though because I'm only 5 ft tall without a ladder.)
I tripped over a large rock that got in my way and messed up my ankle, my whole body aches and I smell like Ben-Gay, but got a lot done. All in all I feel like it was a successful trip even though I didn't get to fish at all. Sure enjoyed the nice fall weather though.
