Land Surveyor

I would like to see the thigh muscles of all land surveyors. Those guys (and girls) must have legs of steel. Today, I was a surveyor. I walked. And walked. And walked. What made my experience so much fun, and yes a heck of a lot of work, was that my land is a swamp. And I am not talking about the kind of swamp that has a few cattails and a couple long pieces of grass. I am talking the kind of swamp where you are standing on hard ground one second and waist deep in water the next second. There were a few times when the ground beneath us literally started to sink.

"Don't stand too close to me!"

"Keep your feet moving!"

I was given the task of walking the perimeter of our four 40 acre lots to check for trespassers (not sure what I would have done if I saw any), maintenance issues (its all swamp and forest - maintenance issues were EVERYWHERE) and just the overall quality of our property. We also used GPS units to mark important landmarks (like the outhouse and beaver dam).

Some information for you lay people on the distances involved.

40 acres=1,742,400 square feet
So each side is 1,320 or 1/4 of a mile.
Therefore if you own four 40 acre pieces each side is 1/2 mile long.
Making the perimeter 2 miles.

We walked 4.56 miles. Through the swamp. And the raspberry bushes.

The math just doesn't quite add up.

Grade: B