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May 25, 2006

Demolition Day Four

Since technically Shannon and I are on vacation, we decided to squeeze in a mini-date amidst all the insanity currently going on. So we dropped Tristan off at daycare and went out for breakfast in Leesburg. It was nice to take a few hours to ourselves just to enjoy a little time alone.

Alas, duty called and we had to head back over to the demolition site to check on progress. We stopped in quickly to see how things were going, and learned that the fire was to be lit around 4 PM. The HGTV Dream House camera crew would be onsite to catch the action on tape, so of course they wanted us there to get our thoughts on tape. Not that we needed prodding mind you, because it's not every day you get to see a fire like that!

We also got the final word from the well-diggers. They stopped at 770 feet and are getting 1.5 gallon per minute, which is safely over the county minimum. The new issue though, is that that refresh rate will serve our house fine, but will definitely not be enough to support a winery. So it looks like we'll be drilling another well in the future. Total cost for the well - $9,000 but since we agreed to pay cash we got a big discount and only paid $7,400 for the whole deal. And even though we have such a lame refresh rate, a hole that deep will be holding over 1,000 gallons of water in reserve so we're in good shape.

So I headed home to start getting ready for our trip, and Shannon went to run errands. The plan was to meet back at the fire site around 4:30 PM which we did, but things were behind schedule. Mom picked Tristan up from day care and met us out there, but since the lighting was delayed we went back home for an hour or so to get more things together for the trip, then went back to the vineyard. What a sight to behold! You could feel the heat from the fire about 100' away, and watching Dozer drive the trackhoe right to the edge of the pit and drop new trees on was just incredible.

Enjoy the pics!!!

On the construction front, the county health department came out to do the perc test on the new drainfield site, which was approved!

Posted by Stephen at May 25, 2006 10:21 PM