Got some good berm work completed today on turn 4, 5 and 6. Paul came out and helped a ton. Much faster work with 2 shovels over 1. Probably going out wed night and finish turn 3. It is the only one not back filled yet. Thanks again Paul!

Good progress on the beetle today. Front suspension is fixed and straight. Got some of the bent metal back in place. Now it is off to the body guy and painter. Have all the parts ready to go but the front bumper cover. It should be here monday. Don't want to hurry too much. She really doesn't need the car back till she can find a job...

welp, the pics below depict what happens when a teen is easily distracted and drives into a pole @ less than 20mph. $6400 in damages was well over the cars value, so it is totalled. Bought it back to rebuild. Gonna be a long road this time. I'd really like her to pay for it but i'd like the car out of the shop before she is 40. So the bone yard hunting begins. Anyone got a lead on a 98-05 beetle with a good front clip? lol

Went out and played in the dirt again today. Talked with the city and decided the dirt offered wasn't as good as what was in the area i'm working in. So i just kept digging. Hit an awesome area of clay. Good thing about clay is it packs really well. Bad thing about clay is that it packs really well, which means it takes alot to get anywhere.

This is berm 2 back filled about 1/2 way. That was 30 wheel barrows worth of dirt.




This is berm 1 after close to 40 loads of dirt. I'd say it is about 1/2 way done. I'm going to get each berm this far then go back and start back filling again. If i can get 2 berms a week done, i should be ready for flows and bumps by the end of the month. Here's to wishfull thinking!

Oh man, think the city will let us build this?

Flow and berms are amazing. Wonder what kind of soil was used? I know i'd never have the guts to ride it but a smaller version would be interesting. Had at least 4 people this weekend ask me when the bsa is going in @ tranq. Wish i had an answer. A couple of them work construction and were offering the use of equipment to get it done...hmmmm...