 Well, we had a severe thunderstorm warning tornado warnings We had an emergency broadcast that interrupted all our Radios and stuff telling us that there's a tornado watch or something like that going on And the storm rolls over us lightly drizzles for 15 minutes and goes away clear skies So I've been raking the pond out of all the weeds at the bottom most of the day My hands are raw already from pulling on that rope, but I think I got the majority of it Gotta do a little bit more. I went inside as soon as you know the severe weather warning Came through whenever when the storm looked like it was about to hit We heard that there was huge hail coming big rain coming Didn't even have to stop working. I could have worked through it all there wasn't even any lightning and thunder But a little bit of rain helps and I'm all along tomorrow and Tomorrow so I'm filming this on the Sunday. Tomorrow's Monday and Tuesday. We're scheduled to go back on the road. So Back to work. Here's what our pond is looking like right now. I think it's looking a lot better than it was Remember it last year. I don't know if you guys remember it from last year But it was all filled with gunk and algae on the top Now there's nothing. It's perfectly clear the water itself. I kicked up a whole bunch of dirt from the bottom so the water is not so clear right now, but here's all the weeds from the bottom that I pulled up and We've raised the whole pond up about Maybe about a foot foot and a half somewhere in the between a foot and foot and a half or 12 inches 15 inches Still got the pump going down there. It's been pumping strong 35 gallons an hour To there it takes a while, but yeah, it's just dragged it all up onto the shoreline for now But it's pretty deep down here I'm thinking it's probably about six feet deep in the center Got a big log right there that I pulled up with the rake got to pull that out of there yet but So I've realized now now that I figured out where the bottom is because I've been raking the bottom The shallow end is over there you walk in there and this is the deep end So whoever dug this out dug it out sort of like a pool shallow end over there deep and over here So down down here. It's probably about six feet deep. I'm thinking Maybe maybe more knows All those weeds that were Growing in the center there. They're all on the side here now pulled them all inside. So it's He's ready to go for a dip. I might even go in tonight yet. I don't know now that it's clearing up We've got the Sun coming out again Got my trunks on I'm gonna show up for a dip I wanted to rake it once more but That's a lot of work. It's a lot of work doing all this by yourself, especially when you're an amateur like me But I'm starting to miss the truck too It's gonna be nice to get back to work and get back on the road Truck should be safe by now and all ready to go Hmm The mosquitoes are just absolutely nuts Oh, oh, oh that water is nice. Oh Yeah, see that was the I don't if you can see it. There's a stick in there That was the marker. That's where the water line was when I first started filling it. So it's probably more than Let's see. Let's put my foot beside it It's all the way up to my knee. That's how much we've raised the creek already. I mean, pardon me. There's raised the pond So that's probably uh, almost two feet Nice It's looking good. I'm really excited that that those things actually worked Kind of had my doubts Here we are I just need a faster pump. That's all more than 3,500 gallons an hour I need one that's like a three-inch pipe on it gas-powered 10,000 gallons an hour. That's what I'm talking about Maybe next year or the year after this is working for now. It's just taken Like five days to lift it up two feet. So It'd be nice if we could do that in like 12 hours Oh boy It's good to swim in You're out in the center out there. I can't even touch so it's at least six feet deep They're all I'm five foot 10. So it's a little over six feet deep And I think it gets deeper the further out that way you go We have a swimming hole. Oh, yeah That is so nice That is awesome. Even here like I can barely touch here. There's a log under there. Let's pull that out yet whoo So all that money and effort didn't go to waste I'm going to the house right now to see if brit wants to come too At least she can come and see it Now that it's finished I could probably drag it a little bit more. It's a little bit of seaweed at the bottom yet that I could feel in some part in some parts That'll just take another 15 minutes So it's the next day The day before we leave again Got the lawn nicely freshly mowed Going to quickly go check on the pump before we leave I'm gonna go visit my mom for a little bit uh The other side of town Didn't get the whole lawn mowed today. It didn't have time So I got to finish the outside of that uh sliding door yet, right? I finished the inside. I just got to finish the trim, but I got to do the uh brick molding and flashing On the outside door there yet might have to wait because it's underneath the uh Underneath the roof the rain never hits it so I don't got to worry about it actually Damaging anything just to finish it might have to wait till next time. I'm home Even though I've had almost about a week at home Still can't get done the few projects. I wanted to get But we did get this done So that's good Still doing good down there bud Oh, yeah, she's still ripping her Sucking the water from the creek Blowing it into here I wish we had time to go for a swim today yet. I might go tomorrow I think I've only got to leave I should probably try to leave by noon So I might be able to go for like a late morning swim tomorrow Look at that See that chair over there where we have the uh pumps for that It's getting close to that another couple of feet and I'll have to move that further up All right Let's go visit mom So what I'm gonna do with this pond though is when I go on my next trip for however long I'm gone I'm shutting the pump off completely So that brick doesn't have to worry about checking on it because I go down there and check on it Every hour or every couple of hours when we're at home And if I can't watch it for a while I turn it off, right? Don't want it going down there too long without being checked on Uh, so so brick doesn't have to worry about that. She's got her own things to take care of I'm gonna unplug it and that's going to be a test for me to see if that pond Stays at that level or not or if it goes down quickly Taking the wife mobile Complete with wife and a seat really close to the steering wheel. Let's Move that back. I usually warn you about not breaking your knee. Can I always say yeah, I know Yeah, I don't even remind you anymore I'll figure it out Close the garage door behind us. Everything's locked up. Yep. Let me go visit mom. We're gonna check You want me to go around and check? Sure do Gotcha. What we've lost put on very important priorities priorities And I know uh last couple of videos while I've been at home like usual are all over the place a little bit here A little bit there a little bit here. I don't film a lot when I'm at home I just enjoy being at home So I was home for about a week for a little bit of an unscheduled vacation And we're back on the road right now. We're going to be hitting the road in tomorrow's vlog And uh people want to talk to me here Probably because I Turned my camera on that's when everyone else wants to talk to me as soon as Diesel Does it feel good to be back in the truck or what? Tell the good people tell tell the good people give them a good wave Good way. You don't you don't want to wave That's rude Feels good to be back here So I don't want to tell you which way we're headed yet because I want to save it for tomorrow's video But I had a really good time at home. I just wanted to show you today The progress we actually made on that pond. I was actually pretty surprised with it That little pump We could probably use another like two pumps like that But it took pretty much the full week To raise it up and I think we raised it up about two two and a half feet Which was perfect. You saw me jump in there. It was it's a great swimming hole. It's already I raked out all of the weeds We put in Some stuff in there to get rid of the mosquitoes and stuff around the boat Didn't help because the mosquitoes are just nuts this year around our place And those aerators to get rid of all the gunk on top and it turned out really well And I wanted to show you guys that that we had some success We don't always have success, but with the pond this year it was a success So other than that, uh, I guess we'll talk to you guys tomorrow Thanks for hanging out with me these last couple of days Well, I've been showing you random clips of here and there of what I've been up to while I'm at home We got the drywall done. Uh, we got to paint it yet We got an outdoor plug installed in the back of the house. We got the pond Uh fixed up ready to go swimming And what else do we do we mow the lawn twice? Yep And we went to go visit my mom didn't take the camera inside with me there, but That's the way it goes sometimes you just gotta enjoy your family and hog them all to yourself, right? We'll see you tomorrow tomorrow We're trucking you gonna be there Better subscribe to the channel so you don't miss it back to our regular trucking content