Birthday weekend fast approaching

Looking forward (as usual) to going to the island this weekend. Bonnie and I will be heading up early Saturday morning to work on the site as well as spending some much needed time together. I am excited to show her the progress that has been made so far. The temporary electric service has been turned on, so we will finally have power. Also, the block guys may start laying the foundation depending on availability and weather. More to come!

Foundation dry and temporary electric roughed in

Super productive weekend... On Friday, (Friday the 13th!) I cleaned the remaining dry mud from the bedrock and was very pleasantly surprised by how uniform, level and blemish free the bedrock looks. The block and mortar was delivered by Menard's by an enormous boom-truck and placed down in the hole for installation later. On Saturday, we were able to set-up the temporary electric service pole, meter box and wire for hook-up from Hancock-Wood Electric.

Block and mortar delivery

Bedrock clean and dry

Temporary electrical service on pole

All good in the hood

We were able to open up Cedar Cottage and all mechanicals worked as expected the weekend of Mar 30th - Apr 1st. The mild winter certainly helped as nothing seemed to be damaged as a result of freezing or excessive water exposure. I was able to make progress on the Lower Cliff property by draining the three-foot-deep foundation pond down to less than 1/4 inch of wet mud using 2 pumps for ~12 hours. Heading back up to continue site work on Friday, Apr 13th. See ya on the rock!

Pipe contraption that I hooked up to move water from the foundation pond

 Water down > 12" since starting the pump(s)

Next morning, looking much drier!