Rescuing the Paddle Boat

I was on a mission the other morning ~ with something that's been weighing on me for awhile.  Last Fall time got away from me and so did my paddle boat!  She had filled completely with water and not being secured properly she had drifted to the other end of the pond & almost sunk.

I wanted to secure the paddle boat on the west side of the pond so that I could bale her out from a less weedy location,  especially after seeing that little rat snake yesterday while I was bush hogging.  So before the coffee was finished brewing I slipped into some shorts & waddled on down to the pond to scoot my paddle boat to safety!  The water was deeper than it usually is because we've had so much rain all Winter and Spring.  Of course I slipped on the edge of the bank and plopped right into the water!  Even on the edge the water was up to my thighs.  The water was cool as I had hoped it would be.  Cool water not as likely to run into snakes!

It took several minutes to walk the paddle boat to the other end of the pond.  My shoes got tangled up in an old fishing line and with the boat being full of water inside and out it took some maneuvering to complete the trek!  I pulled her up on the shore as best I could then made sure that she was tied off.  Good thing too because rain has set in again and if I had waited I would have missed the envelope to 'Get er done!'

She is secure but not baled out!  I will save that task for another afternoon sometime soon when I have some little buddies around to help with the job!