Working Hard

We have been working hard at the Hood Canal to get it ready to put on the market.  Chris has spent a lot of time there taking down the old mobile and working through the mess that has created.  We have gone up the last two Saturday's to work on clearing those piles.  We made some dump runs, took metal to a recycling place, brought home a load of steel and have burned a lot of the wood that was up there.  I also talked Chris into cutting down some of the trees off the hillside to get the view of canal back.  We are nearly done and the place will go up for sale with the hopes of selling this summer.  Fingers crossed.

Here is a (kind of) before picture.  The piles were actually a lot bigger.  Chris had burnt a lot before this photo was taken and there are also a couple piles that can't be seen.  

A somewhat clean photo of me....

And a picture of all of our dirty faces.  It really doesn't do us justice.  We. Were. Dirty.

Cannon was just hanging out in this picture in the bucket of the excavator.  He has been doing a great job helping out and running the piece of equipment.  It's nice that when Chris had to take the truck to the dump or do something else, Cannon could hop on and finish the work that Chris was doing!

Here is an after picture.  There is just a small pile of ashes that need to be cleaned up.  Then Chris has to level off some areas and clean up some brush.  It's looking good!

Here is a photo of a submarine flanked by two Navy ships.  It's a pretty amazing sight.  

This is also a before picture of before Chris cut down some of the trees.  

And an after picture of when the trees are down.  There are still some that need to be cut down on the right side.  Next time!

It's been a lot of hard work.  Chris has done a lot.  Sebastian helped take down the mobile.  The boys have helped a lot.  My dad came and spent the day yesterday helping.  It's amazing what another set or two of hands does.  Things go twice as fast.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Enjoying every moment.