Fence Finally Finito!

Scott working hard cementing in posts
The view from the porch
After months of planning, our fence in actually done! we began a long time ago figuring what kind of fence and how many of everything we needed to do the project. Thank goodness for the internet, it helped a lot. We then had someone with a tractor plow up the ground, then had our rock picking party. We also had another nice guy come and smooth out our dirt, then we added five loads of soil to the top and leveled it. After all that, we could start on the actual fence. We had many issues slowing us down, including that time we installed a huge row of posts across the back of our property, only to get a nice letter from the city explaining that we need to move our fence back 5 feet. Even though we had a signed permit....anywho. Before that we broke an auger on rocks. Scott rented a different auger in Moab (paying hourly and it's an hour away) to finish the holes on the sides. He did, and returned it and 20 minutes later we got our letter. We decided not to go through the drama fighting the city, so we pulled out all the posts and chipped off the cement. We also had an insane rainstorm on our way home from buying all the cement, so we had some stiff bags despite tarping everything. Most of them survived, but we did have to buy more cement and a few poles. And of course, another trip to Blanding for ONE little post topper.

On the bright side, Scott worked and worked (when he wasn't at his job) to install the posts and get them nice and straight. We love being close to the school, church and Temple, but it does lead to the entire town driving past our yard. We had many slow down and look, some comments thrown out, but I guess we ought to get used to it, there isn't much going on in this town! After we finally got all the poles in the ground, we spent a few days adding all the pieces and parts and tension bars. Scott did get a little help at the end to put up the rolls of fencing, but it was mostly our endeavor. He spent one evening putting up our 4 gates, and it is finished! It is nice to have it done, but the big kids can open the gate and they play with the neighbors so much that we still have children running free. But with a little height adjustment, and with school starting in a few weeks, I think I will be able to keep my little ones corralled. Phew!