Building "The Great Wall" at Critter Creek (No Gun Content)

[Richard S]

The latest news from Critter Creek concerns my efforts to construct a road frontage wall for the three-acre property which is surrounded on three sides by a 200-year old rock wall.  Here are photos of two portions of the existing wall:

With the help of a dump truck, a front-end loader, and a backhoe, the foundation of "The Great Wall" is now completed with these boulders, some of which weigh in at over 1,000 pounds:

The next phase involves smaller river rocks, for which I have purchased this abandoned chimney of a 150-year-old cabin which burned many years ago.  The rocks were dry stacked with mud for mortar and no chimney liner.  All of the chimney rocks are now on site at Critter Creek and the next phase begins tomorrow.

At this stage, I could use one of the Legions that the Emperor Hadrian employed to build his wall across Roman Britain.   

[tracker]

Idylllc, pastoral, bucolic, and beautiful; I once laid big belgian blocks in a driveway in Connecticut and can appreciate in a small way the back breaking labor.

[Reinz]

Back breaking labor indeed!

[backupr9]

Mr. Obama has recently said that he wants to increase employment by repairing our infrastructure...perhaps you can importune him to pay some unemployed men to build your wall for you.  You should, however, be aware that the increase in your taxes would outweight by far the cost to you of simply hiring it done yourself.

Seriously, don't ruin your back...get help!
John

[Richard S]

Thank you gentlemen!  I'll take care with the back.  As I figure it, hauling and stacking river rocks beats a workout at  the gym.  So far, the only injuries are a scrape or two here and there.  (Those river rocks are unforgiving.)

Surprisingly, I have received two calls from people whose grandparents built the cabin and the chimney pictured above.  Both of them said they were glad the chimney rocks were staying in the "neighborhood" rather than being sold to a contractor.

[tracker]

There is nothing quite like pristine restoration.