1500 will wait for tomorrow

I made it back from TX.

We drove down, first to my Aunt Kathleen's. There we arrived about 2am, slept, and in the morning unloaded a 200 lb "display" rock, cleaned the guttering, unloaded an old claw-foot bathtub, and trimmed some trees. We also planted some trees that day, then on another day we fixed my cousin's bed and did odd and end things here and there. I'm going to work on my Uncle's website for him, and got about 2GB worth of pictures to sort through.

Once we got to my Aunt Fran's we cleared off the back porch area, and built a move-able back porch, because she has a septic tank cover where the porch lays. We unloaded another 200 lb rock, a water pressure tank with pump, the smoker for BBQ, and boards. While there we moved all the items from the trailer to the truck for my Aunt Tina's, we built a front porch that required a multitude of concrete to be broken up. I was the main breaker, and the porch portion wasn't so bad, only 4" thick, but the step was SOLID, and it was a good 3' x 10" x 8" and almost all of it had to go for the new steps. We did some odd and end things in the house as well, and my dad, mostly, cooked the BBQ for another cousin's upcoming wedding.

We visited my Aunt Tina's twice, once to unload, and then we went back to my Aunt Fran's. The second time we caught the tail of what used to be Hurricane Alex when visiting my Uncle for lunch further south of Houston, and then it followed us back and flooded many parts of Houston.

All-in-all it was a good trip, and good to see everyone.

The only part that hurts is my hands from all the sledge-hammering, but by tomorrow I hope that to be gone since I didn't sledge today.