Fox at the Cabin

 After almost a good week of working at the cabin, I happened to notice a hole in the ground near the cabin.  Upon closer inspection, it appears to be a fox hole.  I can't imagine the fox would still visit it after all the noise I've made for a week straight, but I put up a game camera to see if the fox stops by.

The hole is about 8-10" in diameter and angles down at about 45 degrees.  When it is just about 24" into the ground, it appears to turn left.  In the picture below, I included a glove by the hole for comparion purposes.  The second picture shows how close the fox hole is to the cabin.  

I'll update this post more if I can catch a few pictures of the fox with the game camera.

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Addressing a Railroad Tie Fence Post

On the east side of the property, the majority of the property line is fenced rather nicely.  There are four runs of barbed wire with black pipe corners like at the front of the property near the cabin.  The one exception is on the south side of that property line.  The new fencing just ends at the black pipe H shown below.  Beyond that, is an old railroad tie and some really old barb wire that runs to the corner of the property which is marked by an oak tree.

The area between the railroad tie and the tree marking the corner was massively overgrown.  While I had the excavator, I cleared the brush from that area so that I could get this area of fencing improved.  While clearing, I decided to go ahead and pull the railroad tie as it was angled such that it would block me continuing the fencing down the side with the standard black piping.  

Pulling the railroad tie required that I disconnect the neighbor's fence but it's a rusted and broken mess so anything I did would end up an improvement.  That was two weeks ago and today I finished the job by putting the railroad tie back in the ground but a couple of inches over so I could continue the metal piping.  The railroad tie is also now straight up and down.  I fastened the neighbor's old fence back to it better than before.  I want to keep it so that he connects any future fencing to it rather than my fence piping.