A NEW - OLD PROJECT

Way back when, while we were going through some of the bureaucratic nonsense with the county, waiting for them to issue a building permit for the RV shade cover, I temporarily switched gears.  I built a retaining/support wall that will support the roof extension off the south side of the garage.  That's as far as that project got, but yesterday, it went back on the front burner.

After raking all of the large rocks out of the way, I spread a couple inches of driveway gravel into the 12'x48' area that will be covered by a roof.  I also put the forks on the tractor, and moved some of it's implements like the post hole digger, and the scraper, over to this area behind the garage.

Today, I'll hook up the small trailer, and make a run to Lowes for some of the building materials I'll need to get this project started.  It may go back on hold, if the metal building gets put up this weekend, as is currently scheduled.  Once the RV shade cover is up, I still have to run the 50 amp electrical through the underground conduit, and put a faucet on the water line that is already connected to the main service.  First, we have to see if the building gets delivered this Saturday.

My oldest son Mike, informed me a week or so ago, that he's going back to Afghanistan in April, for another (his 3rd) deployment.  When this tour is completed in August, he will have spent about a year in the country of our longest war.  After 9/11, going after the terrorists who killed 3,000 Americans was a noble cause, but what started as retaliation for an attack on U.S. soil, has somehow evolved into another nation building campaign.  Eleven years of American blood and treasure is enough!  Mike assured me that this was going to be his last assignment, and I hope he's right.  His brother, Marc and I, are planning a quick trip back to Georgia before he leaves, and hopefully that's going to happen around the first week of next month.