French Drain Install

After the torrential downpour few weeks ago, we got a little water coming into the basement bedroom. W was in the midst of redecorating and the room was largely empty.  We had to take up his new flooring and dry it out upstairs. 

The landscaping came yesterday to put in a french drain. Covered in gravel and finished with river rock, it'll hopefully help in the future if we ever get 2.5" of rain in one day again.

Library Protest

Karen and I went and leant our voices to the library protest held at the courthouse yesterday.  The new commissioners have seen fit to rescind the library's lease.  People are mad about. The 30 day notice was the final act of a vindictive and recalled commissioner on his last day in office.  He had lost a court case with library on a separate issue last year and a library board member sat on his recall committee.

A new library is on the way but won't be operational for 3-4 years.  The property was recently bought and the design has only just been approved.

News stations says about 100 people showed up. A good turn out on less than 24 hour notice.

Yes, Please

 

The Tree Returns

I got our little Christmas tree out of storage and put it up for another year
 

From Roger Moore With Love

A new, well reviewed documentary on the man himself.  Watch the trailer here

Before and After

Drained over 2" from the pool this morning. The cyclone is now over. About 5" fell over a few days.  I had to pump the pool a few times.  We found a decommissioned 3" fire hose and  W made an adapter for the pump.  Now the water leaves much faster.

Heavy Weather

The worst landed to the north and south of us.  Still....4" of rain in 2 days is a lot.
 

Fall Paddle

What started off as a chilly morning turned into a beautiful afternoon on Galesville reservoir. Perhaps the last kayak of the season. Hard to believe we'll be paddling on top of the sunken forest next spring when the water levels go back up 30'.
 

OHMSS @ 10,000'

In the Piz Gloria complex is an exhibit on the making of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Some interactive games and a lot of behind the scenes footage from the film. Maël tried his hand at the helicopter simulator. 

 

Going to the Top

We left Zurich early in the morning and connected in Bern with locals Tosh and Maël.  Basel residents Sarah and Gabriel joined at the station as well.  We trained past picturesque Thune lake and then arrived in Mürren.  Three cable cars to the top of the Schilthorn Alp and the Piz Gloria restaurant.

Afterwards at a lower altitude we enjoyed some Aperol spritzs and lunch in Gimmelwald.  Sarah was very hungry.

Bike Ride to France

We took off Saturday morning from Sarah's home to ride through France on our way to a Swiss cloisters. We stopped at the marker denoting the border. The Mariastein Abbey was magnificent and it's patron saint is supposedly of particular interest to Indian Catholics.