Day 2 Adventures

Day 2 started early - Gus the well driller wanted to meet at 9:30. Since we are staying in Albany, with traffic it can take close to an hour to get there. But it was a great meeting...we really liked this guy. Besides knowing his stuff, he was very personable and we chatted for close to 2 hours! Jim has very happy about all the info he gave us - prices were reasonable, he said Jim can do the work, he had good ideas about continuous pressure pumps, talked to us about tank sizes and constraints.

Then at 1:00 the lady from NationalGrid came. Again, things were great. They have to put a new pole on the street to bring service in and then we will have to trench a line back to where we want them to put the transformer. You have to pay by the foot of line and since we have to go back 700 feet, it's very pricey. But we talked to her about going down the hill through the woods - it would be half the distance. Sounds like it may be feasible - she's supposed to check with her supervisor and get back to us. She also said we can have 2 separate feeds and meters - one for the carriage house and then later add another for the house. That's exactly what Jim wanted so he's thrilled.

Of course all of that will lead to the purchase of the mini-excavator Jim wants so he can do all of this work. So when we get back home, serious looking for that and the box truck will begin.

We even found a nearby Bobcat dealer that both sells and rents attachments. That will be a good source.

The lawyer has taken his time on all of the work he's needed to do for closing, which is the only disappointing part of our dealings so far. We finally heard from him about 4:00 - apparently title work isn't done (he's only had 6 weeks!). We're supposed to go in at 4:00 tomorrow and we may have to sign power of attorney for him to sign off on title paperwork. Crazy. But like Jim says - we just need to get it done at this point.

We are going to try and go workout and then reward ourselves with a cold beer to toast an exciting second day!!