Then then fill the holes with a combination of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) and Ammonium Nitrate and wire everything together. In this case, the equivalent of about 600 lbs of explosives.
For some reason, Brie seems to think she's going to be left up in the blast area. Smart dog, but it makes me think there is more to her past than I thought.
We took one more picture of of the ledge before it becomes a hole waiting for a basement.
Then they blast. You notice there is no picture or movie of the actual blasting. That's because Wes, Kim and I were talking down at the bottom of the drive-way, when all of the sudden a horn started going off signaling the blast was about to happen. I fumbled with my new iPod with the built in video camera for five seconds only to realize too late, that the little dickens was locked. At least we got to see the blast and come close to getting showered with rocks. Here are a few after shots.
They have two more blasts to do tomorrow. One for the Barn area and another to level an area on the driveway. With luck, Lee is back to work by the weekend and after digging the rock out, he can start the foundation next week.
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