Real Explosives!

After the blast

Boom!! It really was like in the movies. Except for the burning string part. Placed the dynamite, covered with lots of soil, rolled out the wire, sounded the warning signal and hit the button! Oh -- and moved all the people, dogs and equipment far away. Too far to get a good picture. And even so, a rock fell within about 20' of where we were standing. All this because the slow-acting explosive (isn't that an oxymoron?) was so slow it never happened.

So that's it for the ledge in the way. Next step -- footings and foundation and it looks like the weather is going to cooperate. Pretty warm (relatively speaking) and not too wet. Yeah -- it's really started.