Draining el Rio Mira Flores

Well, nothing is ever easy.  The torrential rain washed the land away, the river is underneath the house, and we want to build a wall - where all the water is.   Normally, at this time of year, the river begins to block itself off from the free flow of water into the ocean, so the river is no longer draining.

Option #1 - Force the river to drain.

Normally this works quite well.

But because the water is not exceptionally high at this point we were met with little success. We could only get a trickle of water to escape before the tides reverse and all the hard work was washed away.

Option #2 - build a sandbag a wall around our work area.