We're Somebody Now!!!

We got a call from the Western Arkansas Development Authority after surveying the road and the location of our driveway (sometime in the future) and we have our new address. We're now officially somebody!!

I met with TG, the earth moving/excavator guy, on Saturday and got his bid for the placement of the concrete pipes and building the road base over the creek -- now known as Maple Creek -- and his bid was great. He came in about $1,000 UNDER what I thought he would bid, which is nice. He is also going to do some clearing of the upper land where the houses and barn will be placed.

It's so damn thick I just can't get any visibility from where we have cleared.

View from the end of what will be the turn onto the mid-section of the property just across the main creek. The small tributary visible in this picture is flowing south into Maple Creek.

Looking forward in this picture should be the view as you drive into the mid-section of the property where we hope to build the houses and barn and main living areas. The small trees are thick here and basically impassable. I hope to do some rough clearing here so that TG can do good work with the dozer following roughly the outline in the picture below (outlined in pink). The picture above was taken roughly from the spot of the pushpin below looking roughly in line with the drive direction.