My Almost Adventure

[lady_branwyn]

It has been raining for the past two days, and the ground is already wet from a record snowfall. The creek at the stable was washing onto the road when Lord B. and I arrived to take care of the horses this afternoon. In three years, I have never seen the water that fast and high. It was backing up behind the piers of the bridge. I made a half-serious comment about hurrying so we were finished before the road flooded. By the time the chores were done, we were shocked to find that the creek had risen to within a few feet of the deck of the bridge and the road was impassible, submerged in at least three feet of water. The riding program manager's husband stood on the other side of the creek and made helpful rowing motions with his arms. Unfortunately, we couldn't throw anything far enough to hit him. The only way out was up a dirt road that runs up the side of a ravine. Our car doesn't have four wheel drive or even much clearance above the road, but to our amazement it made it up the hill. So we didn't have to spend the night with the horses or call for the park rangers to rescue us. I was so disappointed. :)
I am a little worried about the horses, though. The stable is not on very high ground, and I am not sure where you could move them to if it flooded. Hopefully the water won't get that high.
In other horsey news, I now have my very own bright red manure fork. Woo! Lori, who works on Sunday with me and Lord B., picked it up for me at a farm supply store. Manure forks don't seem to have a long life, and we were tired of using ones with broken tines. The stable manager told us to hide them in the hayloft so no one else would use them, lol.