Fine! Let's do it the hard way!

The temps turned unusually frigid here in the Ozarks of Arkansas. It hasn't gotten above freezing for the past 2 days and their is no relief in sight until next Monday.

On my in development homestead I have access to water from a community well. To connect to this well I had to trench and install over 1300 feet of water line along the eastern boundary of my and @papa-pepper 's properties a couple of years ago. Every 300 feet or so I also installed frost proof yard hydrants.

The water line terminates at a yard hydrant about 40 feet from the Northeast corner of my property. It is there where I have placed my camper because I also had a power pole installed on that same corner. So, I have power and water. Everything a camper needs to support prolonged habitation.

My animals, however, are about 200 feet west of this hydrant and power.

During the warm weather, running several 100 foot hoses across this great divide wasn't too much of a hassle. Now, when the weather has been below freezing for quite a few days, the hose isn't an option. The only way to get my animals fresh water was to tote it over to them via 5 gallon buckets.

Ain't nothing to it but to just do it!

Thankfully, @alittlebluer ain't skeered of a little cold. She was skillfully filling the empty buckets as I hurriedly carried 2 full ones to water the dog, goats, ducks and Ossabaw pigs. All in all, we ended up lugging about 70 gallons of high quality H2O. Tomorrow will be more of the same.

It's a good thing, though.

I need a little more exercise in my day. Too many burgers on the go over the course of my busy summer work and not enough cardio!

Here's to frozen water and to a little hard work! I can feel the pounds dropping off as I write this post.

Thanks for Reading!