So, You wanna live in Whatcom County? :O) (Part 2) Video

So, I got up this morning feeling all my aches and pains from being so out of shape and then pushing myself to fill, tie, and pass sand bags during the Ferndale Flood of 2009.

Here is part 2 of So, you wanna live in Whatcom County??? :O)

I have managed to get the "boater" on this one and the flooding of the office. For all of my concerned family and friends: the inside of the office remained dry even though the waters did flood the surrounding trailer lot!!!!

For all my horse loving friends: Yes! We managed to rescue the remaining Timothy hay so our horses will have enough to eat until we harvest again. Hopefully, we will find some nice local hay for our horses in the Spring and will not endanger any remaining hay by further flood waters.

For all of you that helped: Thank you, thank you, thank you. And, thank you, Pat, for rounding up your friends to help us make it through Ferndale's rising flood waters.

Carroll: I owe you a pair of shoes and your daughter some pain killers for helping both with the trailers and the sandbagging! :O)

Michelle: we started by trying to help you and the Boy Scouts bag sand, but you ended up helping us sandbag...

I have more Ferndale Flood video and will work on uploading it later. But for now, the flood waters are receding and things are slowly getting back to normal at our office and around Ferndale.

If you need help with repairs or remodels to your home, office, or business space please let us know. Here is a link to our website

Also: we are long time members of the Whatcom County Building Industry. To visit their website click here.

Or call us directly at: 360-815-5051 or 360-815-5053.

If you need a trailer to move items with or need a trailer to store items in while you are completing repairs or remodels, we can help you here also. Just follow this link to our trailer site or, again, call us directly. We look forward to hearing from you as we all work together.....

Do not forget, we have horses and can provide you with the horse trailer of your dreams....

Enjoy the video!

So, You wanna live in Whatcom County? (Part 1) Video

OK, here is part one. Today, as many of you have heard or maybe saw, we had some flooding in Ferndale, WA. I say some flooding, but we actually had the most flooding that I can ever remember.

So, this is part one and shows Axton Road on the way into Ferndale. You will also see cars getting flooded in the park and ride behind our office and in the McDonald's parking lot. My friend's (Carroll) husband's truck was parked in the McDonald's parking lot (he car pools to work at Boeing) so she left work early and we met her to help move the truck (she needed an extra driver)....

Long story short: we were headed into Ferndale to help fill sand bags and ended up needing help as our office had become lake side property. But, that will be part 2 and saved for tomorrow's blog as hours of sand bagging and moving trailers has left me pretty drained. It's all I can do to upload this tonight.

Part 1 shows some of the trip in to Ferndale to attempt to fill sand bags to help others...

And, yes Piper and Allie, our lovely mares, kept warm and dry, happy and well fed, while we got wet, tired, hungry, thristy....and sore!

Ahhh, what a wonderful winter!

Slogging It

A nest far above 10 Mile Creek flood waters, Ferndale, WA

Over looking our creek shelf next to the field. High waters!

And. a creek runs through it...... an old barn that sits on the side of Northwest Rd. on the way into Bellingham, WA, now sits in the middle of creek water.

Overlooking Paradise Road by McKay's Farm and on the way to Axton Rd. in Ferndale, WA

From a 4 rail fence above water, to a barely 2 rail fence under water.........







For the last couple of days we have had alot of rain. For all of you who live here, or even near here, you know it has been the "duck your head and run for cover" kind of weather. With snow melt off as well as rain... well, you get, flooding!

I have included pictures of Ten Mile Creek, now looking more like a river, that is next to our horse fields.

Speaking of horses, I kept Piper and Allie in the stall yesterday as the rain was coming down in buckets. Today they are out slogging through the mud.

Piper got her feet done yesterday by Gary Flonas of Fit and Flat Ferrier Service. What a nicely behaved little mare.

I hope I can haul her out on Saturday and get video of her under saddle to post.

Enjoy our flood pics.