Back from the LAN, but time is very short.

I went to the LAN last weekend, and I didn't really do much during the week; it is dark when I leave, and when I get home.  I might need to come up with a plan for that and buy some flood lights or something.  I did go out for a walk last week, and while we are at the end for foliage, I still got a couple of pockets of color.  This was taken going to the gym.  

The entrance for the rail trail wasn't completely barren yet either.

I did get to see a pretty sunset driving to the LAN.  

The house we rented was... interesting.  It looks like somebody who didn't know how to hold a hammer decided he could build a house.  They didn't know how to toenail things in, they didn't appear to know that drip edges were a thing, and there were electrical boxes falling out of the wall everywhere, among a whole slew of things that would not pass any kind of inspection.  That said it served us well enough.  If anyone is curious, I can get a bunch of pictures of things that are not quite up to snuff.

I might try to set up some lighting in the back yard or something so I can continue working in the evenings.  The only part that scares me is digging where my water lines are (with an excavator which will shred water lines without slowing down) basically by just a really bright flashlight.  I don't think I will hit them (they theoretically should be deeper than I am going), but I don't know how deep they actually are.  I might not make it to Krass' Friendsgiving this weekend, I might need this weekend to finish up the drainage.

Something else I have been looking at is whether to use this trench to bury the wire for the back deck and hot tub, or if I should just dig another trench next year for it.  Direct Bury wire is rated for wet environments, but I am still not sure I like the idea of burying the wire in the drainage.  I also didn't realize that wire had gotten so expensive.  A 50A circuit requires 6 gauge for UF-B type wire, which I can buy a 50 foot roll of for 150 bucks, but I don't think 50 feet will be enough, and nobody carries anything between there and a whole spool, which is several grand.  I also don't understand why a 50ft roll is 155 bucks, but a 125 foot roll is 650 dollars.  I definitely need to measure how much I need, it gets expensive quick.