The other excitement of the weekend is that we poured concrete! We bought all the materials to expand our solar capacity, so our first step was the secure the new solar post into the ground. Mike did all the really hard work of excavating the hole, which was the real first step. Then he and our neighbor worked together to make the pole level. Here is the pre-work that they did before today:
Then today they ran this concrete mixer with bag after bag of concrete:
Then they poured each batch of wet concrete into Mike's wheelbarrow, and then it was my job to "stab" the concrete with my shovel to spread it out and make sure there were no air bubbles:
And here's our finished product!
We have to wait a few days for the concrete to fully set, then hopefully we'll be able to set up the arrays and wire it in. We are really hoping this new set-up will give us the solar capacity we need!
52 hike challenge 2020
1. 1/1/20 - 2 mi - out and back
2. 1/5/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
3. 1/11/20 - 2 mi - out and back
4. 1/19/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
5. 1/26/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
6. 2/1/20 - 4.25 mi neighborhood loop
7. 2/2/20 - 2 mi - out and back
8. 2/9/20 - 2 mi? - sledding, and to/from the neighbors
9. 2/15/20 - 4.25 mi neighborhood loop
10. 2/22/20 - 1 mi? - Lincoln Sculpture in the Wild
(there were at least a few more in here that I, alas, forgot to record)
11. 4/5/20 - 2 mi? - up to the highest peak in our neighborhood
12. 4/10/20 - 2 mi? - down a new drainage next door and back around by the gardens
13. 4/12/20 - 2.5 mi - out and back
1. 1/1/20 - 2 mi - out and back
2. 1/5/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
3. 1/11/20 - 2 mi - out and back
4. 1/19/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
5. 1/26/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
6. 2/1/20 - 4.25 mi neighborhood loop
7. 2/2/20 - 2 mi - out and back
8. 2/9/20 - 2 mi? - sledding, and to/from the neighbors
9. 2/15/20 - 4.25 mi neighborhood loop
10. 2/22/20 - 1 mi? - Lincoln Sculpture in the Wild
(there were at least a few more in here that I, alas, forgot to record)
11. 4/5/20 - 2 mi? - up to the highest peak in our neighborhood
12. 4/10/20 - 2 mi? - down a new drainage next door and back around by the gardens
13. 4/12/20 - 2.5 mi - out and back
14. 4/18/20 - 1 mi? - down an old creek bed and back up
15. 4/22/20 - 1 mi? - down to the parking lot to pick up my car
16. 4/26/20 - 2 mi? - over to "Pride rock"
15. 4/22/20 - 1 mi? - down to the parking lot to pick up my car
16. 4/26/20 - 2 mi? - over to "Pride rock"
17. 5/1/20 - 2 mi? - over to "Pride rock"
18. 5/2/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
19. 5/3/20 - 1.5 mi - to the neighbors' horse pen and back
20. 5/10/20 - 2 mi? - Tower Rock State Park
21. 5/16/20 - 3 mi - Mount Helena (prairie trail up, powerline trail down)
22. 5/30/20 - 1 mi? - down an old creek bed and back up
23. 6/7/20 - 2 mi - out and back
24. 6/13/20 - 2 mi - out and back
2 comments:
I hope you carved your initials in the cement ....for posterity!
Ooops, I missed that last picture. Nice.
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