Frugal Canadian Surveyer

I thought maybe I have given mother nature enough time to get rid of most of the snow. Here is a picture of that picnic table again, just for snow comparison reasons. There is still a little of the white stuff laying around, but I can get around real good. I also drive my truck right in if I want.

So I phoned around for a couple estimates to get an idea how much it would cost to get my 3.6 acres of land surveyed. I need to know where all the corners are. There are six of them. One guy is a minimum of $750.00 but I never did get a maximum out of him. I did'nt think of it. The other guy said $500.00-$600.00 if all the markers are there, but if not, it could run about $2500.00. From experience I think I know how this all goes. I thought I better go and give it try myself, maybe even if I can find 2 or 3 stakes it might help. Apparently the stakes could be buried 6 - 12 inches in the ground and they were put in quite a long time ago. It is harder than I thought. I did'nt have much luck today, I do know of two survey markers near the entrance of my property, and I'm not totally sure which one to go from, I'm sure one is my corner, but which one? Hopefully I will figure it out eventually. It is quite possible I might have to get a real surveyer to help me out with this eventually, but I'll see what I can do for now.

The creek is running pretty fast, although it is not as deep as I always thought it usually was this time of year.

I don't know what it is, but sometimes the simplest suppers are the best. And the little dog agreed with me 100%. We both like roasted weiners over the fire. It was nice weather for awhile, but it ended up getting pretty windy and rainy before the weiner roast was all complete. I did'nt really feel the wind that much, but I could hear it and the trees were acting real funny.