Mountain Man Mondays; The Gating of Red Pine Mountain

I have to admit I haven't paid much attention to this blog in quite some time. I've been distracted by my Mother's hospitalization and haven't really felt like sitting down at the computer. I do read all the comments you leave and I appreciate each and every one more than you can know. I'm going to try to get back to posting "Mountain Man Mondays." Today, I'd like to share with you the gating of Red Pine Mountain.

We live at the end of a rural country road. Not much traffic comes our way except the occasional lost tourist but recently I did have an unpleasant encounter so Mountain Man and I decided to gate our driveway. Here, in a pictorial, is the beginning of the process.

Mountain Man hauls the supplies he needs down the driveway.
He has already dug the post holes and put in the posts but now he uses the level to make sure he has them in the correct position before he uses cement.
"Are you sticking that camera in my face again?" Mountain Man also expressed his concerns that you always see him wearing the same clothes. Essentially that is true but they are laundered frequently. Upscale clothing isn't a part of Red Pine Mountain. We stick to the utilitarian.
Getting the cement ready.
Mixing the cement by hand. No cement mixer here. Just plain old Mountain Man power.

Filling the post holes with the cement.

After he's done setting the posts into the cement, Mountain Man uses the excavator to line part of the driveway around the posts in large rocks.

Just two photos to give you an idea of the size of the excavator.

There's much more to the story of the gating of Red Pine Mountain but that's for next week.