Friday April 29th - We have new equipment sitting on the house side of the problem. We called the guy that we bought the backhoe from, Mark. He came by to see it and said that at this point we needed to have an Excavator. Unfortunately he needed to get it to the house side and we didn't have a way for him to do that using just out land. We had to call our neighbor's The Halls and ask if they would let him come through their land with it. They have 100 acres that adjoins ours. The agreed to let him come through. We truly appreciated their willingness to help. Mark got right to work. The first thing was knocking in the part of the driveway that was already caving into the hole. The he started digging dirt, filling the hole, setting the pipe etc.
Mark worked all day on Friday by himself. On Saturday Mark worked his equipment digging dirt and Rod worked the backhoe hauling it to the hole. They were under pressure to get it going, why? BECAUSE MORE RAIN WAS IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY!!!!
By Saturday night we actually had a driveway that 4X4 vehicles could cross. What a great feeling to now get to/from the house again. Here is what the pond and driveway looked like on Saturday evening.
Sunday, May 1st - Rain
Monday, May 2nd - Rain
Tuesday - I know this is hard to believe... RAIN! Mark called us this morning at 6:00 to say "I will be there in 20 minutes to look". We are now watching to see what it is going to do.
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