Temporary Lakefront Property

[caption id="attachment_6612" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] We had monsoon-like rains and our lower pasture completely flooded in a matter of hours. Note the canyon that was once our driveway![/caption] [caption id="attachment_6596" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Our driveway was reduced to a small replica of the grand canyon![/caption]

We don't get any days off on the farm. There is work to be down 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.

[caption id="attachment_6604" align="aligncenter" width="768"] 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"[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6598" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] 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)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6595" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Elizabeth and the kids all crowd around the quickly rising lake.[/caption]

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.

[caption id="attachment_6589" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] That's funny... I don't see any goats grazing this morning![/caption] [caption id="attachment_6603" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Using this canoe was the only way to get back and forth to the "mainland"[/caption]

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.

[caption id="attachment_6600" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Charles (5) and Eva (6) enjoyed floating through the lower pasture. Certainly a new perspective![/caption] [caption id="attachment_6602" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Jack (10 months) was happier to watch from the shore.[/caption]

Tuesday was absolutely beautiful.

[caption id="attachment_6587" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] The end of the rainbow? The Mt. Capra Farm of course![/caption] [caption id="attachment_6588" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] What's better than one non-GMO, all-natural, organic goat dairy? Why two of course.[/caption]

With the passing of the storm came some a stunning sunset over the farm.

[caption id="attachment_6591" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Our faithful windmill watches the sun go down once the flood begins to subside.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6592" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Paradise restored![/caption] [caption id="attachment_6593" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] The final light. The sun has finished for now.[/caption]

Farm life is the best!