Rocks & debris

Flash Flood

2/6/2017

Water gushed through the trees and across the rutted trail, to blend into the prairie grass on the other side. It wasn’t the torrent it had been in the previous days, but still it flowed with force. Stone boats, pulled by teams of horses had been moving rocks from the flooded road since before daybreak. Each time it rained, they had the same problem. Flash floods carrying rock and debris down the mountain to rest on the open space of wagon road and meadow. It was time to find a different route to move the freight from the railhead.

Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Prompt - February 2, 2017 - write a story about a rock in the road.

Ann Edall-Robson
Author, Photographer, Lover of Life
"Capturing moments others may never get to experience."

4 Comments

Norah Colvin link

2/8/2017 05:41:11 am

Lovely flash and accompanying photo, Ann.

Ann Edall-Robson link

2/8/2017 07:45:52 am

Thanks Norah. I am happy you like it.

Charli Mills

2/8/2017 11:09:42 pm

Sometimes it's better to find another route! Back up north, water follows patterns of floods, but here the smaller paths are ever-changing. I find that fascinating. A stone boat! Is that like a wooden sledge of sorts to catch up and blade the rocks from the road?

Ann Edall-Robson link

2/9/2017 07:06:45 am

Mother Nature creates fascinating routes moving water and snow through devastating scenes. Stone boats were like a sled (sledge). They would be flat, sometimes with a type of runner and sometimes with sides. Farmers would load rocks from the fields onto them. Horses or oxen would be hooked up to them to pull the "boat" load of rocks off of the fields or away from where they were not needed. Version of stone boats are still used today in some areas. Interestingly, stone boats would be used as sleds, in winter, as a from of transportation.

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