Abigail called this morning. Today was her day off and that’s probably a good thing because of the snow storm currently going on. She told us of a 100-car pile-up just outside of Hudsonville on I-196 that had the freeway closed in both directions.
“I’m not going anywhere today,” she told me. Wise thinking.
While we’re not that cold, it was 29 degrees when we got up this morning. This weekend we’re supposed to be back down to freezing with possible rain or freezing rain. We may not be going anywhere either. So we’ll be having our own storms, Texas-style.
After a slow start due to the cold, we finished the shooting range this morning. A couple more poles set, a few more target frames mounted, and done. Just in time for lunch.
We split up after lunch, with three guys going to finish caulking the showers and the rest of us starting a project to lay a brick walkway. This is a high-traffic area where everyone just short cuts across a small section of lawn, making it difficult to maintain any grass. So, put a walkway where everyone walks.
We managed to measure and mark the space, and to start to remove the top soil. The soil is as hard as concrete so we spent the rest of the afternoon busting it up with shovels and a spud bar. That was physically demanding work, especially for us old guys.
We ended the day with most of the dirt removed. There may be a little more digging tomorrow ... for someone else.
The women painted. Because there were still guests here, they were not able to continue where they had been, so they moved everything to one of the bunkhouses. There are several bunkhouses and the rest of the building they had been working on, so they have job security.
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