by Bud » Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:49 pm
We were out only a few hours. A friend just north of us was still out yesterday, and all her neighbors had electricity. She is into her third gas tank of three. Told her how we supplied four neighbors with extension cords under the then dirt roads. Maybe she'll ask a neighbor for a hookup, I hope.
They all tried to pay me. Figuring a way through a tight situation always challenges me, so that was my pay. Last one here was Matthew, and we had to move a few things around. Oak trees were snapped and uprooted everywhere. Front door hurricane with a purpose, it was; almost like a training mission and test of character.
Will have another hour or two to finish cleanup tomorrow, with my old back being very sore right now. Had to stop at nightfall. The wife bailed on me to get some much-needed sleep and rest.
We lost our freezer in the garage days before the hurricane, and most all in it. Over half of it was cleaned fish, headed shrimp, mullet for bait, small headed shrimp for bait, and such we fed fish and crabs with. Didn't see any pelicans.
The other half was half-frozen venison, a little piggie, and mallards. Lot of work butchering and packaging those deer, let alone getting them out of the woods and cleaning. Some hombres working three houses over wanted it all, so I gave them two large seal-packed mahi filets. Probably gonna have to buy shrimp this season when we buy a smaller freezer. Love boiled shrimp, corn on the cob, and sausage: sometimes with other surprises. It's a fast meal and scrumpdeli-licious.
All in a day's work.