When Hal and I went fishing the last time in the Garhole, the river was forecast to just barely get in. After that the forecast gradually but steadily went up, finally ending four feet higher than the first forecast. Usually I will pull the boat out when that is forecast but not this time. Thought I was going to get by without that. When the water finally went down, I ventured down to look and this is what I found.

It had a front end that was full of water, some rodent had chewed on the front deck in a couple of places, and where the water was the slime had made it too slick to walk on. A general mess. Add to that the gnats and mosquitoes were swarming. I had come prepared for them however because they had tormented me a couple of days before so I broke out a head net.

After dipping most of the water out, I put the plug in and pushed it off into the water. The winch was in the wrong spot so it had to be moved by tightening up the chain that secures it to a tree. Then the rack had to be put into alignment, and a brand new rope installed on the winch. Hardest part was pulling the two concrete blocks on the bottom of the winch up the bank. All that done, I winched the boat up onto the rack and pulled the plug and drained out the last of the water.

It looks ready to go but it is going to have to be repaired. Where the rodent chewed on the deck will let moisture in and soon cause the deck to rot. Going to have to put on a new deck. I put this together in 2011 so after 10 years, most of the time sitting on the bank out in the weather, it has had a good run and is about time for a little work to be done to it.