The Wall, the excavator

Spent this weekend building a new retaining wall that will be 52 feet long and 5 feet high when its finished. I rented a mini excavator. What a great way to deal with this "soil". I use the word soil loosely. Where we live you can not plant anything without removing rocks the size of basketballs or larger.

I realized as I started digging with the excavator that it was going to take a while to get the hang of the controls. Just then, Alex shows up from college, jumps on the excavator and makes short work out of it.

Dang, something else he's better at than me.

Sunday, after church, Travis, Whitney and our grand dogs (It's kinda like "training" grand kids) spent the day with us. While Cath and Whit cooked enough casseroles to feed a small army, Travis and Alex gave me a hand with the wall.