Water = good

You may know that when Dave and I were out here in January, we ran out of water.   More accurately, there was still water, but it was not running into the cistern.   Thank goodness it was winter or else there would have been no getting near us!   No water for four days!

Dave dug out the cistern and alas no water.   Then he started to dig up the pipe from the spring to the cistern.   Lots and lots of mud.   The next steps required pros so I found a great plumbing company (the key is they called us back -- later we determined they rock!) to help us out.   Two guys came out and spent half the day digging with Dave, snaked the pipe and cleaned it out.   Hooray! Water!

The cistern filled up and while Dave and I agreed to wait to bathe, I needed a soak.   The water was so muddy that I couldn't see my feet even though they were near the surface.   Who cares?   Hot water!   As time went on, the water got less murky until I could see my toes!

The top picture:   This is where water comes out from the spring.   Through the screen (the black thing with the green at the top).   The bottom picture is the cistern with the lid off (the pond is in the background).