Rock Crest Renaissance

Today, Excavator Rich and all of his crew arrived at Rock Crest with the last of the mega-machines they will need to start the excavation work on the house. First to go are the honeysuckles lining the driveway on the "creek side." The driveway will be expanded to allow for the even bigger machines that will eventually be bringing in the SIPS panels for the second story. I can't wait to see a crane or bucket truck rumble up that driveway!!

The little creek is being nudged over a couple of feet. Also on the docket is clearing the other side of the driveway so that a trench can be dug to lay conduit and other necessities for tying in to the city water and sewer, plus running cable for internet and whatever else we decide we need.

It's incredible to see the way the machines grab the honeysuckle and chew them like toothpicks or swing the bucket of the "Mike Mulligan-esque" shovel and just topple those bad boys. What a difference it makes. It's not something I'd anticipated, so what a gift!

Despite having worked all day inside removing the "T" room flooring, Dad decided 6 PM was as good a time as any to fire up the huge industrial chipper, which will be here for a few days, to start eating away at our piles of honeysuckle debris from last year's onslaught. Brien joined him and they chipped until it was too dark and unsafe to chip anymore. The fact that they are exhausted and sore doesn't even factor in.