Let’s all have a round of applause, because we actually managed to accomplish something this weekend.  We now have a way to get to the house site that doesn’t involve trailblazing and climbing gear. We hauled several hundreds of pounds of wood up our hill, some for the burn pile, but some to be saved as firewood for next winter.  There was much complaining. But it was a success.

Once again, big thanks to Mark for allowing us to exploit his lumberjack aspirations. And his chainsaw.

Oh, and it turns out that the Rock of Gibraltar?  It only goes about six inches further down. Michael and Mark, in an impressive show of manliness, moved it about four inches.  Hopefully we’ll be able to rent an excavator and get it and all the tree roots out soon.

Before:

After, the view from the road.  You can see the rock right smack dab in the middle:

And the rest of the driveway, taken from the curve.  You can see the sunlight in the clearing:

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