The Joyce Road Neighborhood

We have been working at our cabin for the last month and during the current heat wave I've noticed a small buck spending a lot of time n...

When we bought the cabin property we knew the supports for the cabin would need some attention. Over the years, the 4X4 supports for the cab...

For the past couple of days a large "flame" has been visible from the north end of Joyce Road. The "flame" is caused by...

The grading of the reclaimed well pad site is complete and for the past two work days the main activity was hydroseeding the site to get som...

With the well pad reclamation nearly complete they are running out of room for the equipment at the site and started parking at the entrance...

The main activity today was working on removing the topsoil stockpile and spreading it. This work is moving along but going slow due to the ...

The topsoil stockpile is shrinking as the topsoil is hauled out to cover the dirt reclaimed from the pad area. Topsoil from the stockpile is...

The "Super Silt Fence" that was along the base of the well pad was removed today. Once the "Super Silt Fence" was remove...

The pad reclamation has shifted from hauling dirt up the hillside to hauling the topsoil from the stockpile down the hill. We've had a c...

The east slope is nearing the original grade of the hillside as the dozer with GPS grades the freshly moved dirt. More dirt from the bottom ...

A new version of hoop rolling? Practicing for Cirque du Soleil ? No, the crew needed to move the rings used for the cellars from the pad ar...

Last night's rain, 4/10 of an inch, helped to hold down the dust and the dirt hauling continues. The rough grading on the south end of t...

More clear weather and more dirt moved from the west slope to the east (uphill) slope. View from the northwest corner looking toward the ac...

Another warm clear day and the northwest slope of the pad is slowly coming down to the old hillside grade. Trucks hauling the dirt uphill to...

The pad reclamation has proceeded from the south end of the west slope and is now working on the north end of the slope. The weather contin...