Week 1 - Day 2: The Gravel Trucks are Delayed

Yesterday the base was put in, and today was
all about dropping gravel and rolling it in. Right?
Well, they showed up at the job site this morning to find this:

That's right. Paving RIGHT IN FRONT of the driveway. The gravel trucks aren't allowed to come for the rest of the week! So, long story short, Ron and Ken had to find some other work to do till the road is done. And boy did they find it!

First they rollered what was there:

Then they yanked the final few trees along where the driveway needed to go...

Then they went to work up top! That upper part of the driveway was in dire need of fill to help it be a reasonable height:

So Ken put the excavator to work clearing off the topsoil
and taking some clay to fill in on the driveway:

Oh - and you see that apple tree in the background to the right of the excavator in the above picture? Use that as a reference and see how much has changed in a day and a half:

And...from the apple tree's perspective:

Finally, a shot up the mostly-done driveway.
We have been told that it's a 13% grade.