6 May 2015

The best $1,000 we’ve spent… EVER!!!!  That being the cost to modify our Potable Water and Waste Water Disposal System permit.  Spafford’s pumped our first well for an hour this morning and got 44 gpm of absolutely clear water.  The water came out of the well at 53.6°F and tested with 12 grains of hardness (translation: mildly hard and borderline for the health of washing machines and hot water heaters), no iron, and a pH of 7… which you’ll remember from your high school chemistry class is exactly neutral.  Before Spafford’s arrived, I dug a spoils pit for the second well drilling operation.  This being Leicester, hit one of them “nuggets” right where the hole was supposed to be, about a 2 tonner, well beyond the capability of the Kubota to extract.  Eventually got a hole big enough to satisfy the drillers, but had to go most of the way to Cornwall (on the New York border) to get there.  Hole dug, went into Middlebury to do errands, including buying a new pair of walking shoes.  Have had three pair of New Balance walkers fall apart in well less than a year, so won’t buy them again, and won’t buy shoes made in China, but finally found a pair of Under Armor shoes, made in Indonesia, for a decent price at a local sporting goods store.  We’ll see how they hold up to the rigors of house construction…  Back at Fern Lake, put Zip Tape^® on the Sauna Woodshed roof seams, then attached the metal roofing material salvaged from the old Dock Shed.  Decided to get creative with the front fascia, so took that down, did some trimming, and reinstalled that piece.  That completes the Sauna Woodshed project… the only building on the property done without any outside help.  (Hint: that’s the answer to one of the blog trivia contest questions coming at a later date.