Sewer drain fix

 The excavating work continued today with Marcus digging up the drain field line to fix the pipe that I damaged when we were trying to determine where all the septic arms went the first couple of weeks we were here last year. He will return on Monday (going camping with the family tomorrow Friday) to tackle the ditch for the sewer drain from the house down to the septic tank by the shop.

While Marcus was placing new pipe, Bill and I were at the house putting up steel bands across the windows and door ways.  I measured and cut the blocking for the areas that extended beyond the beams, and he followed by putting up the bands.

 Afterwards, as we were enjoying our well-deserved wine and beer, an impressive thunderstorm descended as we were sitting with the dogs under the awning (bright sun to the west and downpour above us), then the awning collapsed from too much water. We hustled inside and were able to fix it when the deluge abated.

The damaged pipe is exposed.

Nicely groom landscape over the septic pipes.