I dunno.  I just got back from Oklahoma. Yes, I did it in one day, I really need to get over to the property tomorrow and destroy that Hornet nest.  The bee suit seller hasn't even shipped it yet.....so I'm going to have to improvise tomorrow and just put a lot of clothes on and find some kind of netting to put over my head.  

I'm going to have to buy a 5 gallon can for diesel fuel, at least a 2 gallon can for 2 stroke fuel and at least one chainsaw tomorrow, so I'm just going to go to Longview first to the Home Depot, get all of that stuff and anything else I can think of - extra chains for the saw/s - and something else I can't think of atm.  There is some sort of hornet spray that you can spray on their nest that foams up and basically kills them right off the bat. 

Whatever the case, I have to do all of that before I can resume any land clearing operation over there.  I really need to get some laborers over there, I think I will go to the storage facility where I normally keep my boat -- it's still at the shop and I've heard nothing from them since the last time I called them - and see if the homeless guy is over there. He's homeless, yes, lazy, no.  He's gotten himself into a predicament that I could likely help him out of - if I can get some work out of him.  I could get him over there for $10 per hour and get a solid day's worth of labor out of him, get some of this chaos dealt with and just keep plugging away at this situation.

It will take months to clear that land at the rate I am going.  If I said that in another post already, I do apologize.  I just like to face the reality of all of this.

In other news, the surveyor from the 2009 survey he did called me back today and we had a very long conversation.  I'm not refuting the west side - I don't really care that much, If it's not mine, it's not mine.  Important lesson learned out of all of this: fence lines do not necessarily delineate property lines.  The man confessed that he had no idea who put up those fences or why they wouldn't have put them on the property lines.

He did say that the current surveyors did a good job - based on a faulted partition. This gets into lingo that I am not familiar with and have no need to learn - well I may end up learning it if I end up having to go to court with other property owners to get my property lines the way they should be.  You can either get the property owners - all of them - to agree on any particular issue or - you can live with it - or you can go to court.  Obviously it would be best to get the owners involved to come to an amiable agreement.  

The point is, on the east side, there is 33 feet on the other side of the fence that is mine.  I want that land.  It's covered with massive pine trees that are beauties.  

I am paying the man to come out and mark out the entire east side of the property. He will mark the entire property off with ribbons down the line.  It will cost me $125 per hour - but for that much land at stake, yes it's worth it.  That includes the back part of the property where there is no fence. There are property corner markers but there is a massive amount of trees and underbrush in the way to be able to run a straight line for 1,200 or more feet.  Yup, it's going to cost me, but it's oh so necessary.  I am not going to lose acreage over fence lines. Or attempt to gain acreage for same-said reason.   

This surveyor is related in one way or another to pretty much every one lol.  There are 8 different land owners surrounding my property.  I have not made my intentions known to any of the people I am talking to about turning the property into an RV park.  The county says I can do it, that's great. But these people all grew up together, they know everyone and likely know people at the county.  In fact, the ex-Sheriff of 25 years, part of whose land butts up against mine - would undoubtedly know everyone in any county positions.  

If they had some disagreement with this idea, they could make trouble.  

Just going to plod through this thing at whatever pace it's going to go.  Fast, slow, turtle with legs cut off version of slow, whatever it is, it is.  But I'm not giving out information people don't need to know up front.  What are you going to do? Build a house? I just reply that I'm clearing the land to start with.  I wouldn't mind building a house - at the rear of the property.  

My right arm is itching incessantly and my ankle still itches. The rest of it has mostly subsided.  Referring to the hornet stings and the aftermath.  I feel much better tho.  I think I'll try not taking Benedryl tonight. It works - but it works too well.  I have had a very hard time waking up the last two days and it keeps me groggy for quite a while after I wake up.   

I do need to get to sleep. It's almost midnight and I would like to get up at 7 am at the latest and try to get some work done tomorrow. 

G'nite.