We had monsoon-like rains and our lower pasture completely flooded in a matter of hours.
Our driveway was reduced to a small replica of the grand canyon!
We don't get any days off on the farm. There is work to be done come hell or...well you get the point. Our goat farm is nestled into a hillside and the only access to it is by going across the driveway in, you guessed it, a canoe! Even though we were completely cut off by water we still were able to travel back and forth to the road via our trusty canoe.
My mother Ann was just getting home from her job as principal of the local Christian school. The kids loved welcoming their "Annie" back to her "cabin on the lake"
Safety first! Even though the water wasn't very deep, the kids insisted "we need to wear our life jackets!" From left to right Ellie (2), Liesl (3), Jack (10 months), Eva (6), and Charles (5)
Elizabeth and the kids all crowd around the quickly rising lake.
The next morning I was up at 4:00 AM to get one of the members of the Mt. Capra team, Juan, across the lake. Afterward, I paddled all over enjoying the early morning mist.
That's funny... I don't see any goats grazing this morning!
Using this canoe was the only way to get back and forth to the "mainland".
By the next day, the rain had stopped and our temporary lake started to go down. That was when Elizabeth and I took the five little ones out for some short-lived canoe trips.
Charles (5) and Eva (6) enjoyed floating through the lower pasture. Certainly a new perspective!
Jack (10 months) was happier to watch from the shore.
Tuesday was absolutely beautiful.
What's at the end of the rainbow? The Mt. Capra Farm of course!
What's better than one non-GMO, all-natural, organic goat dairy? Why two of course.
With the passing of the storm came some a stunning sunset over the farm.
Our faithful windmill watches the sun go down once the flood begins to subside.
Paradise restored!
The final light. The sun has finished for now.
Farm life is the best!
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Lovely photos . I did so enjoy seeing your farm and family enjoying life through difficult times. There is beauty everywhere and we just have to take time to enjoy each day God has given us. We had Helene come through our area and it was very hard to believe one enormous oak after the other topple to the ground . I will never forget it but the human spirit is strong and God through that spirit has given us strength we could never have imagined . I missed your rainbow in our storm. That was beautiful. Thank you for sharing your pictures and I wish for you an abundance of green pastures.