Only in the rainy northwest......

Okay, so that is a little bit of an exaggeration, but they started pouring the foundation at the crack of dawn (8:00 a.m. this time of year) in the rain!  Bill and I arrived just before 8 and everything was in place - the concrete truck, the concrete pump truck, the forms and our contractor.  He was a trooper - the rain came down and the temperature was in the upper 30s.  The trucks were gone by 9:30 and things were wrapped up at the site early today.  Great week!

This is what greeted us as we arrived at the site just before 8:00.
It was still dark, but everyone was set up and ready to go.

The pump truck is a great thing!  With a narrow access to the back of
the lot this allowed them to pump the concrete  from the truck up
over the roof and into the hole.

Peter in the hole getting ready to start the pour.  Brrrrrrrr!

Daylight!  And they are almost done!  That's Peter walking the hose
around the forms, getting close to the end.  

These things are huge!  Sure makes it easier to move all that concrete!