Rock Wall

Drew and I are having a rock wall built in our back yard. If you have seen our back yard, it's basically NON-EXISTENT. There is about 6 feet of yard followed by a massive slope. The retaining wall will give us a decent back yard. (Most of you on the mainland would laugh at our idea of a decent sized back yard) After all our lot is only 3779 sq. ft. Yardage is something you don't find in Hawaii.

Most of the people on our street are building walls for the same reason. The only difference....their contractors tore up their beautifully landscaped front yards in order to reach the back. We, on the other hand, asked permission to bring in the materials from the field behind our house. Guess what they said...YES! So no messy front yard for us. Hooray! Here's a picture of the poor guy making a path for the equipment trucks. It took him over 2 hours to clear the way.

Here's a shot capturing just how small our "before" yard is.

Here's the progress from Day 3. (Day 1 was clearing the path, day 2 was bringing in materials)

They say the wall will be finished by Tuesday. They'd probably be finished tomorrow if they worked later than 3:30! Stay tuned for more construction pictures.