After being thoroughly surprised by the water that had crossed onto the orchard road, we visited said road twice on Monday - Memorial day. On our first visit saw water still pooled in the orchard. I don't expect that to change anytime soon. As long as the water is coming to the orchard, it will continue to pass through the orchard and sit under the fruit trees.
We also saw that overnight, the water had progressed as far as it could go along the orchard road. Dale's boys had built a berm to prevent the water going to the shop or the house, and have instead diverted it to go into a small trench in the field.
Water moving from orchard and on down the road
The first diversion is a very small berm leading into a trench between the road and field
The trench is very full of water, and has only been taking in water for a few hours.
It runs the length of the field leading towards Dale's home.
The larger berm is protecting the shop and home from the water. It also leads the water into a small ditch and into one of his fields.
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