Work day

One of the many joys of homeschooling is the freedom to enjoy whatever the day may bring. One lovely September day, Chris had a telephone job way up in Lost Valley of the San Juans. I packed us a lunch, Chris made room for us in Henry, and off we went. Lost Valley is about an hour up in the mountains and it is so pretty up there!



The money making rig:
Henry towing Horatio on Bindi the trailer :)




Our view from the customer's front lawn where we enjoyed our picnic.














Another view from the job site.

It's these kinds of days that I envy Chris getting to work outside!













Getting started: First Chris digs a start pit for the plow blade which basically looks like a big steel crochet hook. He sinks the plow and then runs the cable down the shoe. The plow vibrates along and feeds the cable into the ground at about 12 inches.











One of the huge advantages of plowing in cable is the lack of an open ditch. Here is the rip line from the machine. Yes, there's telephone cable in there!!











While I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this, in the 6 years we've owned Horatio, this is the first time I've plowed in cable with him! I've driven him around and used the backhoe, but this is my first cable plowing experience right here! I put in 70 feet of cable. WOOT! :)










The helpers filling in the hole where Chris pulled the plow out of the ground. Don't you love Brendon's hat? He's had that since he was born!














Roxanna Banana inspecting the rip line after Chris ran it over with the machine. If it wasn't for Horatio's tracks, you'd never know we'd been there!

The job barely took an hour to complete, but we all enjoyed the afternoon out. After rolling back into town and dropping off Horatio at the yard, we went out for ice cream. The kids feel that they "need" that after working with Daddy.