Well, the news as far as we're concerned is we're finally getting a new fence!
When we first looked at the house back in the Fall, it looked to be in pretty bad shape because it was a foreclosure and had been sitting vacant for awhile. But on closer inspection, most of the issues appeared to be cosmetic. The one glaring exception was the fence.
It was a wreck.
And because it's a corner lot, there was a LOT of fence.
It was in such bad shape that halfway through escrow, the entire side fence blew down in a storm. I noticed it when I walked the dogs by that morning, and it looked at first as if a car had plowed into the backyard. Which would not be unexpected here in Bako.
Legally, the bank was responsible for making it right before escrow closed and to say they did a piss poor patch job would be an understatement.
It continued to deteriorate after we moved in. Here's our front fence being held in place by an old 80's web belt we found during the move. Nice to see it's still useful long after it fell out of fashion.
We couldn't let the dogs in the backyard unsupervised because there were so many gaps and my little dog found every single one. There wasn't much we could do about it because we were poor.
Until now!
There's a whole crew here building us a new fence as we speak.
We may not eat for the month, but at least we'll have a fence.
But now I'm just being self centered. Let's take a look at what else is happening in Bako this fine morning, shall we?
Cops killed another unarmed man. Seriously, you don't want to fuck with the cops here.
A City Council member, a fireman, was arrested for having sex with an minor. A 16 year old boy. His wife was understandably upset.
A local pastor was discovered bilking the faithful out of thousands of dollars. Can I get a "Hallelujah!"
And the Killer Kern claims another victim. Another drunk dies in the river. Some would call it a tragedy, others "thinning the herd".
Normally the Kern River doesn't have any water in it. The unofficial motto of Bakersfield is "A Riverbed Runs Through It". It's usually just a trash filled gash through the heart of the city. But because of the near record rain and snowpack this year, a few months ago they opened the floodgates at the Lake Isabella dam...
because it might collapse.
So there you are - just a typical Monday in Bako.
