Excavation Party

10/8/10 is a big day, we've started excavation. We didn't know if pictures would do it justice so I agreed to pose in order to provide some perspective.

Here's is the equipment brought in for the actual digging. 953 CAT trackloader, the front bucket is about as big as a double bed.

Here I am standing in the basement - the back-right corner, the hole is about 5 ft deep.

The closest corner is where I was standing in the picture above. On the far end of the hole is the side where the garage will be. Front of the house is to the left.

Here is the dirt pile. I am standing sort of behind the pile, so it may look a bit larger than it really is. But then again, maybe not. I tried to climb up it but it is packed too loosely.