May 15 was the end of the fiscal year for the cost sharing grant.

I enlisted help and did a push to get done what I could.

Jeff came out Friday and Monday to help remove Ivy.

On Tuesday I rented an excavator and Morgan and Marc came out to help.

We were mostly done with the holly I’d flagged by the end of that day.

Morgan slept in the woods and I slept in the shed.

The next day Bee came out to help and we finished the rest.

The finale was taking out a 40+ foot holly tree, start to finish, that was originally out of scope.

For the most part we did as little forest disturbance as possible.

One exception was extending the mini-truck road to a second hilltop and potential build site.

I slept the night in the shed and rented a stump grinder for the next day.

On Thursday Bee came out and helped remove the stump that blocked normal car access.

The driveway was ready just in time for Astound to come by and hook up a broadband connection.

I worked until dark then slept a third night in the shed.

The next day I took fast ferry home riding with the normal commuters, for once.