The picture shows the second well we drilled on the ranch. Remember those milsurp communications shelters I bought last spring? You can see that one of them is now set into the hillside just above the wellhead, and will serve as the pumphouse. When the trenches are filled, I will backfill dirt around the back and sides of the pumphouse, thereby increasing its insulation, and reducing its visibility. All the water pipe and electrical conduit is now laid in the trenches. If you look carefully, you'll see an arm and a leg in there as well. I will now spend the next several days putting sand in the bottom of the trench to cushion and support the water line, then backfill the trench.
We are finally finished drilling wells. Jim finished drilling the well at the High Valley Road house, bring in 10 GPM at 485 feet. It was an expense we would have preferred not to incur, but it will make selling the place a whole lot easier. Looks like I'm going to have to hold a few bake sales this winter.
Because it is so late in the season, we have decided to postpone pouring the concrete for the house and the shop until springtime. The steel company will store the components for the shop for the winter, and we weren't going to start on the house until then anyway.
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