Willie,

With you being the Cut Boss, I was too scared:eek: to stop and say Hello. Besides, I was raised with a saying, "Write 'em a letter if you want to say hello,for now just move your ass."

Is the cut open for business on Thursday and Friday, if so I might asked my Boss for some time off?

Ill be here waitin

Hi, Willie and Glen.
Now you guys have me wishing I lived on your side of the puddle.

Thanks for sharing the photos.

Hey guys I will be up Saturday and Greg is working on Mom to get out of class to go up with Glenn. This will be another fun weekend. It sounds like we may have more support also as far as friends and equipment. See you then. Paul

OK,

I'm going in the morning, (Thurs.) to pick up Greg. Pat is headed to Woodland with the low bed to meet Jessie. I hear Jess is bringing his 17-a, 36-a with a cable scraper, and 5x5 for the D-7.

Now let's get this straight guys,this is going to be four days of Hard Work and no-fun allowed:rolleyes: . Man, I am going to have such a gas. -glen

Sounds great to me but also sounds like we need to get a few opperators for the weekend so if anybody wants some stick time come on up. Ill feed everybody.

Glen, Greg and I moved dirt allday while Pat took lowbed to Woodland and brought back 2-17As and a 5x5 of Jesses and late this afternoon we got to the bottom of the core about 30ft down now ready to start building the Dam

more pics!!!!!

Today we had half dozen more guys show up and got lots done along with my 14yr and 15 yr old mechanics replacing the drawbar the broke yesterday the dam is getting closer and the pond area is getting deeper.

I just got home, 3 hours +/- from Willie's place. Stayed four days working on his pond. Willie's wife Jackie and Willie sure know how to treat a crew like they are kings. Thank you Jackie.....

Well we moved around Ten Thousand Yards of dirt:D . 30 foot deep key way so steep into a deep "vee" that a 17-a couldn't finish digging the vee, so I took Willie's hoe in there and finished it:p . He then had to put a snatch block on the cable unit on the 17-a to winch me out of the hole.

Then the filling started. Pat was on a D6 9-u with a cable blade and a 5x5, he did a great job in a restricted hole. Jessie had controll of the cut running his 17-a with a front cable controll unit and hydraulic rippers. The rippers kept us moving, Thanks Jessie. John Machado came up with his brother Tony and Tony's son Joey. Greg kept Willie working as a shade tree mechanic.

Willie, Thank you for the great time. I had so much fun, I needed a break and this weekend was just what the doctor ordered.