Culvert Bridge Comparison photos from new to gone!

Below is the culvert bridge right after we put it in with the splashway next to it...looks nice!

Below is the culvert bridge washed out! The splashway is under water!

You can just see the concrete culverts behind the weeds.

Fred and I were both a bit discouraged but we learned that the culverts we used weren't big enough. We have a much larger culvert we can use. We didn't want too because it is going to be very difficult to move it and place it but we now know that we will have to do it before we start on the house or else we will have no way to get across the dry creek bed if we get torrential rains like we did last night. So even though this flooding today is a bit discouraging it showed us what we actaully need to do to the dry creek bed. A learning experience!

It is nice to know that where we are going to build the house will be high and dry!

More comparison Photos of the Flood

This above is the tree I use for most of the comparison photos. This was taken in June 2007 right after we bought the property...Your looking at the gravel/sand bar with the meandering Colet Creek running next to it....now look below at the next photo!
This is the same tree as in the above photo but taken today July 2, 2007 after 6 inches of rain and quiet a bit of flooding!! WOW! Now do you understand why I am just stunned!

This is the path from our property to the creek taken June 2007 just after we purchased the property! Now look below at the next photo! If you look to the right in the photo you can just make out the tree I use for comparison photo...you can just see the crook of it!
This is the same path from the property only Coleto Creek is flooded! Taken July 2, 2007 after 6 inches of rain. The tree with the crook in it is in this photo too!! You can just see the water at the crook of it!

More Flood photos

Fred came back home this morning and we drove down to a road that is towards the back of our property. We had to drive to the end of the road and then walk through a neighbors horse pasture to get to our property. I so wanted to see how high the creek was so it was worth the walk, not sure if Fred would agree with me though! lol

Following are some of the photos I took....

This is the trail from our property down to the creek...if you look to the right in the photo you can see the tree I used in the comparison photos! Fred and I were just stunned. But like I said our property is high and dry!
This is the swale hole we have on the property. It's more like a itty bitty swamp and is normally dry unless it rains. This is on your way to the creek from where the house will be so not a major problem for us.
This is our road, Camp Colet! There is a bridge under all that water, somewhere. They recently closed the bridge for repairs and looks as though it will be quiet sometime before they re-open it!

Comparing Flood Photos March~June~July 2007

The above photo was taken today, July 2nd! We had approx. 6 inches of rain last night and it is still raining.
The photo above is the same tree only this was taken in March 2007 when we had 5 inches of rain in 3 days.
The photo above was taken in June 2007 when we had 2 inches of rain.

I think today's photo wins out on how high the flood waters are at, but our property is still high and dry other than the dry creek bed at the front of the property, which has been washed out!

July 2nd Flood

Well I went and took some photos. I couldn't go very far and we are stuck at the house until the water recedes...I am shocked that Fred even drove through the water on Camp Colet Road...he's on his way back home...We lost the culvert bridge on the property, grrr....which means I can not get to the rest of the property and I have no idea what the Creek is looking like...I'm really upset about our culvert bridge washing out...it means we have to do something different!!

Flooded July 2 2007

You can see a branch that got washed down the dry creek bed and is stuck on the culvert that normally the water flows through. The water is probably 1.5 to 2 foot over the driveway.

Stream running down the driveway towards the dry creek bed.

Close up of the dry creek bed and the flooded driveway.

We recieved 5.5 inches of rain in the past 24 hrs and it is still raining. I haven't been able to get down to the Coleto Creek property but I did go down the driveway to the dry-creek bed and here are the photos of it. I was supposed to go to Corpus Christi today but Fred just called and told me not to go as the roads were flooded pretty bad. Stay tuned for more photos!

Rainy day Sunday

Calf sandwiched between Momma and Auntie

Cows, Calves and the Bull in the middle! I love this bull he is beautiful!

Michael checking his speed, lol!

Varooom....Varooom....

Mr. Man acting like he's just Hot Sh*t!!

Fred feeding the cows range cubes!

View from the pasture at Fred's Dad place with storm coming in...

You should all know that Michael woke up bright and early and asked if the battery was charged, lol like we would expected anything different!...Thank goodness Fred had already been up and put it in the tractor and it was ready to go...In record time he went potty and was dressed ready to go...
We let him ride it for about an hour this morning and then we had to head over to Dad's ranch to feed the cows and take care of the dogs. I was really shocked when I told Michael come on lets go and he got right off his tractor and in the truck, no arguements, still not sure how that happened...
We got over to Dad's ranch and it was thundering so I fed the dogs while Fred got the mule out and put a bag of cubes in it...We took off and went to the pasture and while Fred was feeding of course I was taking photos! It is so beautiful over there, looks a bit wild but I like that! The cows look really good too! Fred said lets go check the hog traps and I said no it's going to storm but he insisted so needless to say the storm broke before we even got to the back of the pasture...I was soaked and throughly disgusted with someone, no names mentioned!!
It's been raining and storming pretty much all day and we wouldn't let Michael go outside so all we have heard all day is "It's stopped raining can I go outside?" repeatedly over and over again...There was finally a lull in the storm/rain this evening and Michael rode his tractor until the battery was drained. We are now waiting for the battery to charge and all I'm hearing at the moment is "Is the light green Mom?"....lol....It's going to be a long night, sigh! Tomorrow Michael and I are headed to Corpus Christi to meet with my midwife and some other mothers, I can't wait!