As we were planning on staying here in Eagle Nest until mid-October, John decided to lend a hand here in the park three days a week to help with park projects. By doing so, that will help cover our cost of our extended stay here until we leave. While John is working, I have projects here in the rig that I have wanted to take care of for a long time and will use my free time to get them done.
First project is building a retaining wall out of railroad ties. The owner, Bruce, is wanting have rain runoff drain better while at the same time, lengthen out a few sites. This has been a big job and after three days, it still is not complete. The four guys (Bruce, Bill, John, and Rick) working on the project have been dog-tired each night with muscles they didn't know they had being sore. Bill, has a work truck with a hoist on it that they have utilized for moving the railroad ties in to place. All agree that hoist has been a blessing as the railroad ties are very heavy.
As the work is being done right outside our rig, I have been able to watch the progress, that is, when I haven't been busy doing my inside stuff.
Here are a few work in-progress pictures:
Bill and John
Rick using the post-hole digger.
After three hard days of work, the guys are off for two days and will be back working on the retaining wall on Tuesday. Collectively, I think all of their bodies need the rest.
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