Luc was working on the neighbor's terrace (see
December 16th post) and the neighbors hired him and sometimes partner Doug Roraback to haul dirt to their site to create a parking spot for their RV on a steep embankment. The job consisted of filling in a large "dip" in the hillside with dirt and creating a road to the site. Once filled in, the area will serve as a parking spot for the home owners RV. The proposed parking site will also have a magnificent view of the water.
Doug hauled more than 25 large dump truck loads of dirt from Greenbank & Coupeville to the site in Clinton. Luc used his excavator to move the dirt, shape the land, fill in the dip, and lie gravel on the newly formed road.
Here is where the road meets the new road Luc made
Filling in the "dip" and the view of the water.
Just beginning the filling in process. Look for this stump in the following pictures to get an idea of how the job progressed.
Part of the road to the RV site
RV site-to-be
Moving the dirt in to the site
Stump is pictured on the left. Excavator perched precariously.
Now this is perched precariously!
Road to the RV site with Doug's dump truck (blue) dumping a load at the future RV site.
the road to RV site
Above: the final finished platform
Placing rocks after dumping off many many yards of dirt (see below pics) to make a planter and a circular driveway.
BEFORE: with rock pile and dirt piles. A lot more dirt to go . . .
And more dirt . . .
AFTER: There it is with the dirt smoothed and rocks placed to make the planter.
This newly constructed home in the woods called out for a beautiful rock wall to frame the entryway and bring the elegant elements of nature from the surrounding woods in toward the home. Luc created this short rock wall, which will be the foundation for landscaping around the home. 
Above: the rock wall is under construction. Luc's hand tools are in the foreground.
The rock wall will act as a retaining wall for what might become a planting bed or a beautiful lush lawn. This time of the year there is a lot more water to work with both in the soil and raining down during work days. Above you will see some water that has puddled due to digging and earth moving that has taken place.
Above: measuring the length and width of the wall: a line marks the angle at which to build the back section of rock wall.
Luc takes baby Stella (1 year old) on the excavator, for the first time and...
... they load her wheel barrow with a rock ...
... and Stella takes over the controls
... I have this under control dad...
Here is how you move the bucket, Stella... well, she loved it!
Luc was working on the neighbor's terrace (see December 16th post) and the neighbors hired him and sometimes partner Doug Roraback to haul dirt to their site to create a parking spot for their RV on a steep embankment. The job consisted of filling in a large "dip" in the hillside with dirt and creating a road to the site. Once filled in, the area will serve as a parking spot for the home owners RV. The proposed parking site will also have a magnificent view of the water.
Here is where the road meets the new road Luc made
Filling in the "dip" and the view of the water.
Part of the road to the RV site
Stump is pictured on the left. Excavator perched precariously.
Above: the final finished platform
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