12-03-2004, 10:03 PM
I AM THE PROUD OWNER OF A NEWBORN ROAD!
I was stranded without wheels today, but my workers got it on! The road was finished today. Seems that the "other" job that the trucks were also doing met with a mishap. The other builder laid in the thinnest road possible and it didn't pay off. He is just down Gelnwood Road from me. Same issues with rain, deep soil and drainage. One of the trucks nearly flipped today and they flat out refused to continue. He has begun construction on his home at the same time as his road, tried to lay inthe quickest cheapest one and just got bit in the butt. No trucks would go in... rock, construction.... nothing. So they all teamed up and delivered my rock and finished mine in a day. The neighbor tells me tht the rock haulers marched the owner of the other property over to mine (less than half a mile) and showed him what he would have to build to get his construction started back up.
Anyway, it pays to do it right I guess. Now to get the fence finished and the gate up to keep the locals from all driving down to see what's going on in the property; I am more private than to have people crawling around that I never know about.
So, we drove over in the dark, used a car to light the way and walked it all tonight. I am so thrilled I can hardly stand it. I am waiting for a quote from Plant It Hawaii for the 40 trees I want to begin with for the orchard. My ranch hand will be putting the gate up in the morning. I will be purchasing 20 Mandevillea to distribute along the fence... it;s getting pretty!
May you live in interesting times.
I was stranded without wheels today, but my workers got it on! The road was finished today. Seems that the "other" job that the trucks were also doing met with a mishap. The other builder laid in the thinnest road possible and it didn't pay off. He is just down Gelnwood Road from me. Same issues with rain, deep soil and drainage. One of the trucks nearly flipped today and they flat out refused to continue. He has begun construction on his home at the same time as his road, tried to lay inthe quickest cheapest one and just got bit in the butt. No trucks would go in... rock, construction.... nothing. So they all teamed up and delivered my rock and finished mine in a day. The neighbor tells me tht the rock haulers marched the owner of the other property over to mine (less than half a mile) and showed him what he would have to build to get his construction started back up.
Anyway, it pays to do it right I guess. Now to get the fence finished and the gate up to keep the locals from all driving down to see what's going on in the property; I am more private than to have people crawling around that I never know about.
So, we drove over in the dark, used a car to light the way and walked it all tonight. I am so thrilled I can hardly stand it. I am waiting for a quote from Plant It Hawaii for the 40 trees I want to begin with for the orchard. My ranch hand will be putting the gate up in the morning. I will be purchasing 20 Mandevillea to distribute along the fence... it;s getting pretty!
May you live in interesting times.
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"