the pull down!

This was the scene last Saturday morning, before the work crew did their thing.

It was a cool, crisp morning and the mist was rising off the river.

Then, creaking ominously up the hill, came the Big Blue Monster. He was hungry.

Incidentally, the bridge crew had the day off -which I can't remember happening since their project commenced. This was providential for us, as Don (member of the the bridge crew) was
free that day, and volunteered to run the equipment for us.

We didn't even know Don. Wasn't that nice of him?

He is a veritable demolition artist.

After the "pull down", Don dug large holes for our footings. Bill, Ben, and Don then set the lines for the extension of the back wing.

Since then, Bill and the kids have mixed & poured cement to fill the square footings. They also placed re-bar and sonatubes in the holes. The next step is to fill the tubes with cement (or concrete; I never know which term to use!) .