As I have hinted at a few times before we recently purchased a second farm in Aiken, SC with 7 acres and a 4 stall barn. If you are not familiar with Aiken it is a popular winter destination for north east horse people known for mild weather, excellent footing, and lots of horse events. This past weekend we made our first trip to Aiken with the horses (we went down several times before to get the purchase of the property in order as well).
The initial plan was to leave as early as possible and arrive on the farm to set things up before it got dark. I had most everything packed and ready to go, however, due to the fact that I hate mornings and did not get up on time unforeseen circumstances we did not get on the road until after 8am.
Leaving late combined with hitting traffic in NC meant that it was pitch dark out when we got to Aiken. This normally would not be a problem but on a brand new property with horses along for the ride it was definitely interesting. We got the power turned on and stalls set up with shavings and hay but we still had to turn on the city water. Neither John or I has any experience with city water and all we knew was that the valve to turn it on was "somewhere near the road."
We found the box thingy that the water meter was in and popped the top off to find the mysterious apparatus pictured below (not our actual setup but close enough). What followed was turning a bunch of random screws and valves and me standing at the barn yelling if the water was on or off. I even looked up a video on youtube but we could not get the water to turn on. Just when we were about to give up and go buy a few jugs of water to get the horses through the night John found the correct valve...which was buried in the sand. I was so relieved to see the water turn on!
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