The stage is all set for the city of Twisp to start a major utility project. They're replacing some main sewer lines, which as you can imagine, requires a huge excavation on the streets involved. The heavy equipment has been showing up in front of people's houses all week, a disconcerting sight in this quiet backwater neighborhood. Enough big toys to tear the town down, which is how it will probably look for a while.
Anyway, the project is scheduled to start on Monday morning. It will take a couple of weeks just to install the lines. After that, the streets get graded and repaved, another major project, so we're looking at fall until the dust settles. In the end, a good thing to walk or bike down the road again without falling in a pot hole. Not to mention, toilets reliably flushing. But there goes the quiet summer in this part of town.
John is driving over this morning, and we're both leaving Monday morning, right before the project gets started. Getting in and out of the driveway will be challenging for a while. I won't be back for a few weeks anyway, because the family has a vacation planned in early August and I'll keep busy with other things in Seattle.
Today the girls have another swim meet, but right here at the town pool. Yea. Another busy (and hot) day shaping up.
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