You can see it glinting, a bit of bright blue, between the trees, all the way up the drive. The bright blue well casing, topped with a silver cap. The top of a 975 foot hole that was drilled in hopes of finding water...drilling a well, being self-sufficient with our own supply of water.
Well? Well...it didn't happen.
We heard later from locals (which we are getting to know) that what the well drilling outfit did to us was pretty typical of what they had done to other new land owners in the area, adding that we were lucky that they only took us for $17,000.
Apparently they took others for far more money, yet they left us all with one thing in common...that little reminder...
That little bit of bright blue, topped with a silver cap sticking out of the ground.
If somehow water has found its way into the casing since it was bailed dry, I'll figure out a way to get it out of that $17,000 hole in the ground. Someday I'll just turn it into another project or physical exercise to keep me busy on the ranch.
Two years later...In the summer of '08 we did finally bring water to the land, via a lovely 500 gallon water trailer, which takes approximately one hour to fill up...with a garden hose!
You can be sure I'll share that experience in another post!
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