Occupancy at Eagle View

We just arrived at Eagle View yesterday, so it is all still pretty new.  It was great to sleep at Eagle View and wake up and walk into our project area this morning.  The first thing we did when we arrived...CELEBRATE!!!

There is still snow on Mt. Baldy, but it is melting fast now.

Troy, our excavator, built us a sweet driveway onto the property.  That's his Cat backhoe at frame right.

The first job on our first day on the lot was trenching in the fiber optic communication cable conduit.  Gari patrols the trench to make certain the conduit is in good position prior to bury.

Looking back from the utility vault.  The trench is about 400 ft long to the Shop.  Gari remains on conduit patrol.

A little previous work to fill in the gap; Troy compacts the front apron.  We designed a 4 ft concrete apron across the front of the building mainly to keep the gravel out of the Shop.  Interesting sequence of events on this construction; we were told that the contractor would schedule us as soon as we had the pad prepared, so naturally we prepared it ASAP.  This piled up the initial stone and dirt in front of the two main overhead doors, which is preventing us from driving any vehicle in or out.  We were contacted at end of business last Thursday that they could pour concrete at 7AM Friday.  We wanted them to pour so said OK, and asked when are you going to form the apron?  Oh don't worry, the guys will be there very early and get that done.  OK, it is a small concrete pad so let's go.  We got over to the Shop at 5:30 AM that day... it turned to 6 AM, then 6:30 AM, and still no forming crew.  We thought maybe he meant 7 AM at the concrete plant which is an hour away??  Then at 7 AM we hear a rumble outside, it is the loaded concrete truck.  Oops, no concrete crew and no forms.  That pad didn't get poured that morning.  The truck driver had to take the concrete 50 miles back to Idaho Falls. He was not thrilled; neither were we.  Update - we are back on schedule to pour the apron for this Thursday at mid day.  With any good luck we will be able to drive in and out soon.

The stickers below are the last puzzle piece that enabled us to finally occupy the lot.  They are the rough electrical inspection and final electrical inspection stickers.

Below is some of the electrical install action.  Steve cuts in some light switches.

Pulling wires across the Shop ceiling.  Looks like Steve is having fun, don't believe it hahaha

One of our first consumer installs, a front loading LG clothes washer.  It is very nice to use that after living with a mini washer in the trailer for the last 8 years.  We set up a retractable drain as the washer shares the drain with the RV hook up.  A splitter on the water hydrant provides water to the washer.