Day 5

 Today was very exciting.  At 8:30 this morning big trucks came rolling up the driveway carrying digging machines to start the process for installing the water treatment system.  One operator, with the smaller machine about the size of a Bobcat, started digging rows for the drip lines and the other operator was digging an enormous hole for the treatment system tank.  The drip lines cover an area of about 35’ wide by 80’ long and will provide the water source for the orchard Heather is planning.  She already has 17 fruit and nut trees growing in pots around the yard.  This weekend and the beginning of next week we will be transplanting them into the orchard.

Just a little after 10:00 another truck arrived with a crane on the back and the tank on the flat bed.  When the hole was big enough they lifted the tank with the crane and lowered it down.  After leveling the tank, they filled most of the hole except for the pipes in and out.  The tank truck driver and the big machine operator were done and gone by 11:30!  The man laying the drip lines stayed on until about 2:00 hooking up all the drip lines to the main line coming out of the tank.  I couldn’t believe the whole process was done in less than a day.  Now we just wait for the pipe layer to come and hook the tank up to the house and the Wee Mansion.

I’ve mentioned the Wee Mansion before and for those who do not know, that is the one room cabin-like building that Heather and Mike have been living in since last November when they were evicted from the house they were renting due to it being condemned because of earthquake damage.  The Wee Mansion sits on the property about 40 feet behind the new house.

After the morning excitement we went back to work in the house sanding and sealing and getting the walls and trim ready for painting.  Can you believe  how much wall space there is in an 8 room house?  Have you ever attempted to paint 8 rooms all at the same time??  I think we have lots and lots more work to do!!