Colorado in My Backyard

Been looking for a new pump to power my waterfall.

You see, about 10 years ago, I decided that, since I couldn’t live in Colorado, I’d bring Colorado to live here—in the backyard.

So I got three rather large rocks (each weighed over a ton) and positioned them over a pond to get just the right amount of splash (it’s important to get water on rock and water on water).

Char and I had a little disagreement over the size of the pump. She liked the soft gurgle of a high mountain brook. And I—I enjoyed the roar of a swollen creek plunging over a 600 foot cliff, like at North Clear Creek Falls near Lake City.

So we compromised and got both. The smaller pump ran 24/7, but, with the flip of a switch, North Clear Creek came to Mable Drive.

The compromise didn’t always work. When we had new friends over, I wanted to introduce them to the roar. Char said folks don’t like to have to shout to be heard. Seriously?

Anyway, 10 years ago I got the sound I wanted with a 4100 GPH pump—that’s 4,100 gallons per hour cascading down my five-foot falls. When that pump wore out, the best I was able to do locally was a 3,000 GPH unit.

So I’m looking online today, and guess what? A California Company makes a 5500 GPH pump that still needs only 110 volts of electricity. This baby weighs 17 pounds and can pump to a height of 33 feet. Hey, that’s a three-story waterfall.

And UPS can get it here in four days.

My wife leaves tomorrow to visit a daughter and grandkids in North Carolina.

Just sayin’. 🙂