After the graveyard, I still had an hour to kill, so I went down to the pond. The main road coming in is just too bad for me to try to deal with any time soon. So I parked along the paved road and walked in the power company's right of way to where the pond is closest to the landline. I had already scoped out a pretty easy path. Most of the cutting was holly or small oaks. I made it down to the road that wraps around the pond, but still in the woods. From there I had about 20-25 more yards to reach the road that goes around the edge of the pond. When I got to it, it was under water. So that plan isn't going to work. I will still work on the road from where I cut a path in. It's not too far from my old camp, and that is my main destination.
The last time the pond was this full I had to cut the road through the woods at night after I got off work {I was living in the house by the pond then}. That was 1984 or 1985. Much easier cutting a road when the trees are all pointing up.
The old road I had planned on using is between the woods and that pine.