Today was a day I've been anxiously awaiting since we first began dumping loads of sand into the foundation. The task was immense and nothing short of simply hauling load after load after load into place was going to get the job done. This morning the last load was dumped into the foundation.

Then it was time to stack up some old pallets and arrange some blocking and lay down some sturdy planks. On the other side of the wall I used the bobcat to build up a good sized pile of sand. I put the small tractor in low range and gingerly drove it over the wall.

After more than a week of driving a tractor and a bobcat back and forth in confined spaces hundreds and hundreds of times I'm kind of glad I get to do something else. I celebrated by taking our the small John Deere lawn tractor around our remaining bit of lawn. In fact I enjoyed it so much I mowed it twice. :)

-grampa dan