So. The boys wanted to go to church this morning.

I started this by asking the oldest quite a while back if he wanted to go with.  The first visit he didn't much care for. Well, not until we got home and he had a couple of days to process it.  Then he decided he wanted to go again.  Which we never found time for or getting out of bed late on Sundays. 

Today, he wanted to go again and the youngest wanted to go as well.  They have this giant, indoor playland thing like you would find at McDonalds with those tubes you crawl through - but this tube setup is far larger than the thing you would see at McDonalds (or do they still have those?).  

From floor to very high ceiling and from one side of the building to the other.  Anyway, that is pretty much why they like to go. Anyway, we went - but they had changed the start time from 10:30 to 11:00 am.  

I decided to go take a look at the property.  I normally go everyday, but I missed yesterday as we were busy all day long.  It is nice to take a break from all of that stuff and even thinking about it, which is what happened yesterday.  The property is a 3 minute drive from the church and we were 40 minutes early for church.

When we got over there, I was surprised to see a bulldozer sitting there. It's 500 feet back to where it was sitting from the roadway but it was quite easily seen from the street.  We drove back and I was even more surprised that they had already realigned the 3 pipes that needed moved and had graded the driveway and the pads once again.  

It was looking nice.  the only thing I disagree with is the one that was sitting up too high.  They only needed lower it, not move the position from where it was at.  I can see how they came to the conclusion of where to place the end where the water goes through. The water overflows right there and in reality, there needed to be 2 openings.  

I'm going to have to fix that, I can guarantee there will be a small lake over where the pipe used to end. It really only needed to be lowered maybe 2 or 3 inches.....

Oh well. It doesn't have to be done to put in the gravel.  I can work around the gravel and would have done so anyway.  Looks like they just cut off longer pieces of pipe I had sticking out on other pads to compensate for the repositioning.  I purposely left the pipes laying well into the intended grass areas to be sure that wherever they wanted to put gravel, the ends of my pipes would not end up being covered up.

Come back and cut them to size after they are done and put in these small, pre-made concrete pads they make to put under where water drips - it keeps the soil from eroding.  I am going to put those under the water outlets for the RV's as well.  It's all of this little stuff that I didn't know I would need that keeps adding up to a lot of money.  I don't know how much he is going to charge to realign those 3 pipes, he didn't quote me on that.  It needed to be done, that's all I know.  

It appears as though I am going to have to buy several garden hoses with the lawn sprinklers. It's not raining enough to grow the grass seed. It's going to be a pain to move hoses around from one site to another, I need the grass, yes, but I don't need 14 hoses.  Like everything else nowadays, garden hoses aren't cheap and I can see getting maybe 4 of them and just having to spend a lot of time out there dealing with it.  

The grass is a dealbreaker, I have to have it and I will do whatever I have to do to get it in there.  

I guess they left the dozer to spread the gravel - tomorrow.  Yes, since they got all of that dirt stuff done, they should be having a lot of truckloads of material brought out tomorrow and spreading it.  This is the last major expense and major item on the checklist that needs to be done. The rest is small stuff comparatively speaking, tho this software business is for the birds.  If I could afford it, I would just have an accountant take care of my books.

I identified a lot more stuff I need to do so tomorrow, whether they are out there or not, I'm definitely going to be out there.  I've got alot of roots sticking up out of the ground I need to cut out.  I'm going to have to order the material to cover the old driveway.  I will need extra truckloads for the boondocking sites and the portion of the driveway that needs repaired.  I need to install 2 4x4's for the other sign for the front.  I'll hopefully see the finished product tomorrow with the gravel in place and see if there is room for picnic tables and fire rings. Fire rings will definitely be put in place, picnic tables may take the backseat for now.  

The reason is the price of those things keeps going up and I don't necessarily think I have to have them out there. Fire rings, yes and much cheaper, picnic tables no and no worries.  

I am also going to buy the wood to build 3 or 4, 8 foot long bench seats and build a fire ring with stones for the socializing area.  I haven't quite definitely decided where to put it.  I thought I knew but I changed my mind because I want to allow the 2 boondocking sites and the fire pit would have created a conflict.  They both need to go in the back. Boondockers will be making noise with generators and people using the social area will be making noise having their fun.

I'm referring to after the 10:00 pm noise curfew.  Quiet hours exist at every RV park I've looked at and they are already on my website posted from 10:00 pm to 7:00 am.  

I've got a lot to do, to end this.  I've had a lot to do all along, just taking one step at a time.  We got the sign up today and I don't think I'm going to do anything else out there today.  A day of rest will be nice.

Happy Sunday