Yesterday and today I played with my rocks again. I'm sure not making much progress, but I guess I'm not working all that hard. The top of the rock at the corner is pretty close to the same elevation as the top of the ground at the bottom of the wall up by the barn.
As you can see, I have a lot of wall yet to go. Finding the correct size/shape rocks is getting more of a challenge. I'm to the point now where I need to walk around looking for rocks for the wall. I not going to have enough to do all that I want to do. Carl left me a dozen or so old railroad ties that might be acceptable for use near the back of the wall section I need to build up next to the barn.
All I accomplished today was adding two additional steps at the door you see in the above photo. I really need to add one more. I need to borrow, rent or buy a builder's level so that I can "shoot" some elevations to make sure that I end up with a near level pad for parking the motor home. I plan on getting a load, or maybe two loads, of 3/4" rock to "dress" the top of the area once I have it level.
Today I also got the log splitter out of the weeds and backed up in front of the barn. I put the battery charger on it. Next step is to see if the battery takes a charge and then see if I can get the engine started. Once the engine is running then I can see if I can figure out why the hydraulics don't work right after the new seals were installed in the hydraulic cylinder.
Last night it dropped clear down into the 60's, the coldest it has been while we have been here. Yesterday's high was 91 and today it looks like the temp will top out at 94. It doesn't feel all that bad out today. The humidity is only 21% and there is a nice breeze. I was out for at least 5 hours today, the most time I've spent outside. Tomorrow's high is supposed to be 98 so I doubt I will be out more than a couple of hours. I am such a wuss <grin>.
Good evening to all and may God bless you and yours.
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