24 September 2019

While Chree and I were off gallivanting around Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire (on a tour sponsored by our bank, during which we did see the mother of all retaining walls), Tammy, Nate, and Jake continued wall building.  Obvious once the wall on the south side of the driveway was built, the monster boulder that defines the wall corner at the northeast corner of the driveway was too high and too close to the driveway.  Using her Kubota, Tammy was able to reposition and reorient that critter to match its counterpart on the other side.  That she was able to accomplish that feat is truly surprising given how Bob LaPorte struggled with that same rock with his much bigger backhoe.  The team then built quite a bit of the wall between that boulder and the oak tree before getting thoroughly soaked by a rainsquall that hit just before quitting time.  Unfortunately, in spite of going to three different stone pits, Nate was unable to get another load of A-stone, and had to settle for 6″minus crushed rock… which is twice as large.