Monday, September 16, 2013

Harvest Monday, September 16th, 2013

I just got home from a six day trip to my parents house who live just west of Boulder, Colorado. Life was interesting to say the least. Luckily my parents live on the mountain so what they are calling the 500 year flood didn't flood the house. It did affect us quite a bit though. For a perspective on the flood, I was told their monthly total rainfall record was 5". I heard a lot of different numbers from people that lived there but I heard of totals while I was there from 12"-18" (30-45cm). 18" is over their normal yearly total. And as we left it had started to rain again.

As to services. My parents have been having trouble with their phones since July. And before I came it was out again and stayed out the whole time. The cell service in the mountains is spotty. We did get bars occasionally, but only enough for text messaging, not phones. The power went down not long after the rain started. My parents have a tower on their property for radio internet that supplies the neighbors, so they have a generator on property to keep the internet up. So we had internet thank goodness as that is how we got most of the news. Sadly they had propane only enough for a week. Hopefully they will get power back soon as they don't have much propane left. The main road to town was blocked. And that is the only paved road. They estimate that road will be back in about 9 days. To get out we had to take the back dirt road. It had the creek flowing over in four spots, but it wasn't deep luckily. Don't tell our rental car agency as dirt roads are not allowed, but the dirt road was the only way to get home.

I did have one harvest last Monday, but I can't find my camera to give you the photo. It was basically a small amount of beans, peas, broccoli and cucumbers.

  • Beans 0.12 lbs
  • Broccoli 0.14 lbs
  • Cucumbers 1.74 lbs
  • Peas 0.16 lbs
  • Weekly Tally 2.17 lbs
  • Yearly Tally 340.93 lbs, $579.93

Harvest Monday is a day to show off your harvests, how you are saving your harvest, or how you are using your harvest. If you have a harvest you want to show off, add your name and link to Mr Linky below.

20 comments:

  1. That rain is something huh? My in laws were here for the weekend visiting from the Denver area, they were afraid they may not be able to get out. It's nice that they did.

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  2. I'm glad you were able to make it out ok! It sounds like it was an interesting visit to say the least. I hope your parents get services back soon. I have visited some of the flooded areas, and I can only imagine what that much rain would do, especially in places like the Big Thompson canyon. I remember what flash floods did there in the 1970s.

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  3. I too am glad you made it out OK and your parents are OK also. I have a nephew living in Boulder and his apartment was/is flooded.

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  4. I'm glad your parents are OK and that you got home safely! That is quite something that's going on out there, my heart goes out to everyone affected by the floods. I've actually volunteered for flood recovery in New Jersey and New York the past two years and the devastation to people is mind-boggling when you see it!

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  5. Glad you made it home. It's hard to believe the rains did that much damage.

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  6. Wow - an incredible amount of rain! I hope your parents get their power back soon.

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  7. So glad your parents are safe and that you made it back safely. I have some very good friends in Boulder (and the surrounding areas) and by some grace they have all fared well despite all of the destruction. Nature is an incredibly powerful force...this is just a quiet reminder of our place in it all, I do believe.

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  8. OMG! What a terrible weather you had for your visit to you family. I am in awe at the devastation shown on the news and a friend's facebook photos. I am glad you were able to get out and that your family is ok. I hope your parent's services are restored soon.

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  9. One of those unforgettable vacations but certainly not what was planned...

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  10. Wow, I'm glad you made it back safe! We have had a lot of flooding just over the mountains in Utah as well!!

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  11. I think I'd rather deal with our hurricanes than have the flooding. Glad all are ok and will keep everyone in Colorado in my thoughts.

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  12. Sorry to hear about your parents predicament. What a disaster for the state of CO.

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  13. Glad you are home safe, and I hope your parents troubles are soon over. You were lucky to make it out of there. I'm quite familiar with flash floods on the roads we traveled in AZ, and it doesn't take very deep water to roll a vehicle over and wash it away!

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  14. I am sorry about the troubles your parents are having. I am glad you made it home safely. I hope the rain stops soon for them, and everything is back to normal.

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  15. That sounds like an interesting/scary journey home! Hope things improve soon for your family.

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  16. Thats sounds like an interesting trip.. Hope it gets sorted out soon for your parents.

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  17. Glad your family is safe and you made it out ok. Hope services return to the area soon.

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  18. It's good to hear that your parents are getting through that disaster without too many problems, let's hope their good fortune continues.

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  19. I am glad that your parents are high enough to not be in danger but I think it would be a worry about the propane, etc. Must have been scary for you also getting to their home and back. I hope the rain stops there soon. On the other hand we did get some rain yesterday which we needed badly and could use some more. If only we could distribute the rain evenly! Nancy

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  20. Goodness me! Thankfully you and your family are ok. What an adventure.

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