Groundbreaking - It's a Start

Yesterday was the official groundbreaking for the pirate ship project. We initially had planned on renting a motorized post-hole digger, but the more I thought about and the number of post-holes we dug growing up, we decided a little manual labor couldn't hurt us. Besides, we weren't on Trail Run anymore, so the incident rate of rock collisions was bound to be WAY down! Right before it was time to start, the foreman showed up in his brand new car to assess the job site.

Digging went surprisingly easy, except for the first post-hole that Uncle C dug, which was inexplicably solid, sticky clay all the way down... The rest of the holes dug almost as easy as in the sandbox at our Granny's old house (which was pure sand as far down as you could dig - we buried each other up to our necks more than once in that sandbox!)

We thought all the holes were deep enough, but just to be sure, we used Little Dude as a measuring stick. Perfect on every hole!

We were slightly concerned that Chesney was going to start filling in the hole with LD in it!

LD decided that one hole needed to be cleaned out a little more, so he took the post-hole diggers himself. True foreman just finishes up the work when the grunt labor doesn't get it quite right!

With all the holes finished, we proceeded to start setting posts, which took longer than expected, especially with a 19 month old running around, trying to pick up 2x4s to beat the dog, tripping over dirt piles and trying to jump in the other empty holes! By the time we ran out of daylight, we got the two tallest posts (for the swingset) set and ready to concrete.

Next weekend we will continue setting posts and start concreting! Stay tuned!


TWB





1/30/12