We started the month of April on Saturday, 01APR, by heading to
Aunt Madeline’s to help cousin Bob, cousin Ron, & cousin Sheila (plus beau
Alan) try & repair Madeline’s main waterline leak. Unfortunately we only knew where the end
points were (the water meter, & house shut-off). This left two hundred feet of line possibly
under a very steep, narrow, concrete drivewayL? After six hours of digging; trying to figure
out Uncle Bob’s “thoughts” on how waterline was run; fighting tree roots &
hardpan clay; & playing in the mud; we determined that the leak is most
likely under the concrete driveway. More
fun to follow?
A couple of days later everyone (but Dan) got back together & luckily
discovered that the waterline was in “conduit” under the drivewayJ They were then able to pull the old plastic
pipe out, & install new pipe without digging up half the driveway. (NOTE – everyone was so impressed w/Dan’s
work ethic, that he was not invited back for the follow-up work party?)
Still lots of snow in the mountains, with reasonable
weather. So Dan went skiing on 09APR
& 16APR (easter). In fact, Dan
decided to cut down his skiing costs for next year by purchasing a discount
season pass for next year. If he had
purchased his pass a few weeks earlier, he could have skied most of March &
all of April for free!
