Big Machines (Tuesday, September 12th, 2017)

There is a lot of building going on in Lake Havasu City right now, and we've had fun watching this particular lot.  They had earth movers on this lot for the 8th time today.  It is amazing how much digging is required to build a house.  They have already dug a hole for the swimming pool in this back yard, and today they had the backhoe here again to dig the wall behind the pool.  We couldn't figure out how they were going to do it, until we watched the backhoe crawl up the side of the lot and under the power lines, and then turn around and start digging.  It was impressive!

This is definitely not a job for me.  He kept having to put the shovel down as the backhoe would start to slide in.  I'm sure he does this kind of work all the time, but it looked a little dicey to me.