When we got up this morning at 6:00AM, the moon was illuminating the landscape and the stars were twinkling in the heavens. We were looking forward to a productive day, thinking that we would be able to finish the remaining end wall and get ready to start installing the roof. Old man winter had other plans for us. By the time we arrived at the shop, the skies had clouded over and the snow began to fall. Fortunately, it didn't last too long, so we still thought we had a shot at getting the end wall covered. We were wrong.
Since the weather was supposed to be good, the concrete folks decided to schedule the pouring of the basement walls of the house. The road going up to the house looked pretty good yesterday, but I had a couple of loads of gravel delivered just in case. The combination of the unexpected snow and the weight of six loaded concrete trucks soon turned the road into a slippery mess. I spent the entire morning spreading gravel on the hill, which allowed the trucks to get up to the house site. The basement walls are now poured and, aside from removing the forms, there will be no more work on the house until spring.
The weather cleared up a bit, allowing Susan and me to get half of the south wall covered. I had to spread another load of gravel around the shop, which also had become a sea of mud. We will install the remaining panels as soon as the weather permits, then begin on the roof. It's exciting to see the shop finally taking shape.
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