I drove up to the Mountain yesterday evening and arrived around eleven. This morning I was due to meet the excavator at eight. For some reason I decided to go to the site at 7:15, which was a good thing, because he arrived five minutes later. He unloaded his machine and promptly got to work. He had two guys, plus his father come help. They didn’t grade as much as hoped for, and we are going to have stepped footers. Oh well, I knew everything wouldn’t go our way. But they dug the footers and placed the steel. I called the inspector about coming tomorrow afternoon but had to leave a message. No response yet. The termite guys are lined up for tomorrow, as are the porta-potty people. So things are starting to roll right along. Hopefully we will be able to pour concrete on Wednesday. This is a huge boost and a great feeling.