6 July 2015

Went down to the Rutland DMV office first thing in the morning and was able to change the vanity plate selection for the Tacoma.  While I was gone Ian and Sonny snuck in the back way (via Kate’s driveway) and continued their studly work in the basement.  By the end of the day they had completed all of the framing that we plan to do this summer.  Arriving back at Fern Lake, I came zipping into the driveway to find it completely blocked by a large pile of crushed stone… which Jimmy and James were busy converting into absorption trenches for the leach field.  Good thing the Tacoma (unlike the Prius) really does have 4WD.  The conundrum of the day is that I had been told (but not by Jimmy) that Jimmy would be bringing in a truckload of water for the septic system pressure test and Jimmy assumed that water would be available onsite for that purpose.  We realized, too late to get the water today, that a truckload of water would be needed.  So we postponed the test until Wednesday.  Sonny taught me a nifty way to enlarge a ¾″ hole in a plastic electrical junction box into a 1″ hole when using a brad point bit.  For his sagacity above and beyond the call of carpentry, Sonny was awarded the “Old Indian Trick” award at a formal presentation during lunch.  Meanwhile, Chree spent most of the morning using the Kubota’s backhoe to find big rocks where the electrical / telephone / television conduits need to be buried. While she was jarring loose several dental fillings, I ran new ¾″ conduit from the top of the walkway to the house thru-wall sleeve.  After lunch, Chree and I installed several lengths of conduit in the trench she had created.  In the evening, we attended the annual Lake Dunmore / Fern Lake Association meeting.