The Barn is up – trouble Part 2 – Backend of Nowhere Garage

In the previous blog, I described the work of the first day of construction of the Backend of Nowhere Garage. I purposely left out a particular item so as not to make the entry too long.

The first post hole was dug about 7:30 or so. Just about the same time Donna said we lost telephone and internet. Hmmmm…coincidence? Don’t think so. Before the post hole digging, Robert looked around for clue of any underground “stuff”, not seeing any the crew went ahead with the digging. The barn is well over 50′ from the roadway. Usual utility easements are 10′ to 20′ from the roadway. But this is Fentress County. a wonderful place to live where you can be left alone to your own devices. It’s why we chose this area. Seems years ago, the utilities were run via the crow flies system without taking into account that Stu might someday want to put up a pole barn.

Regardless, the fiber-optic line was cut and Twin Lakes sent a crew (or 2) out to investigate. Soon more trucks showed up. one pulling a trailer with a large DitchWitch trencher. After the crews, now 4 of them, discussed, dug holes and otherwise tried to make a plan to get everything working again. A new line was “sliced” into the ground, around the pole barn, and over to the utility pole where the line goes overhead and down the road. A different crew then took their turn and spliced all the fiber together and peace was restored on the mountain once again.