Erecting Steel and Incorporating French Drains and Bobcat

Oh, my achin' back!  And I am not contributing that much manual labor. Perhaps if I did it on a more regular basis, my muscles would get used to it.

The steel arches of the garage are raised, tightened, straight and secure. This is a great sense of accomplishment.  We do have a lot more to do.  If you notice, we are facing South and the back of the garage is a dirt wall that is 14 ft high (where the camera is).  It feels like an oven in that hole when the sun is out and you're working.  There are tabs about every 18 inches on those arches which needed to be bent 90 degrees to hold some panels on, which is the next step in the process - getting those panels in place. Thanks to Tom and Bill for doing those tabs and getting the arches tightened.  Thanks to Junius for helping raise the roof! 

There is a gravel ditch around the slab.  With all the rain, the french drains are being partially installed as time permits, and then checked to see that they are OK before progressing further.  At this point the socked corrogated pipe is in but it is not covered with gravel.

Yesterday, we got a new used toy - tool.  A bobcat loader arrived and today, Bill was driving around learning how to drive/steer.  He noticed the loader is operated with the feet, and that is going to take some getting used to.  He thought I might like to learn how to operate it.  I wouldn't mind as long as I don't get carried away and take out any buildings.