Footers = Done

After waiting for the lot to dry out enough to drive a concrete truck on (see photo from last post), we finally got the footers poured this morning. Which is a lucky thing with more snow and rain in the forecast today. Hopefully the basement walls will get formed while the lot dries out from the next round of precip, and maybe we'll get those poured as early as Friday.

Footers

Jay of Feris Excavation and Ross of RW Concrete braved the weather to finish the hole and lay the footer forms today. Weather permitting, they should get poured tomorrow.

Ground Breaking

So it begins! The excavator arrived yesterday and went to work today. We now have a hole and "Mount Lundy"! The excavation went faster than we thought, and he should finish tomorrow after meeting with the concrete contractor. Hopefully the basement foundation will start going in this week or early next week. Currently we're racking our brain trying to figure out the best approach for waterproofing and insulating the basement. A very controversial topic!

Before


After, from the same spot and 6 hours later...


The hole, the machine, the boulder garden, and Mount Lundy

Bozeman Crew Nailed It - Part 2, Lundy's Backyard

The start to our next adventure was very civilized. We put our ski boots and skinned our skis in the comfort and warmth of the house. Then we clicked in on the driveway and started hiking. A few mile approach took us up Goat Creek, then up through Le Couloir Poubelle into Goat Basin proper. A challening route took us over hill and dale until we finally skied a couloir back into Goat Creek. Once again, the snow was uniformly good. A quick cruise brought us back to the house for a Special Finish!

Entering backyard basin.

Looking up to the head of Goat Creek.

The reason it's called Goat Creek. These guys were showing off for us, jumping gaps on a knife edge ridge.

Dan congratulating Ben who almost didn't make it due to exhaustion.

Ben thoroughly disgusted by his swig of the "Sawtooth Slut" - a blend of Red Bull and Yukon Jack and the energy drink of choice for backwoods atheletes everywhere.

Dan just another piece of white trash in Le Couloir Poubelle (Garbage Chute).

"Peace out," or Dan pointing the way to home and beer.

A satisfied crew after skiing four days of powder.