It was a very busy day in the hot sun as I directed the crew to shape, form and pour the greens and sidewalks of Skallywag Bay Adventure Golf. The good news is the last two greens were poured today along with multiple sidewalks. Tomorrow morning, the crew will form one last sidewalk before the concrete and pumper trucks arrive to place the last of the concrete. I've been waiting for his day to arrive for four long years!
Up the creek
Today was a very big day as the crew placed three full trucks of concrete on the adventure golf. They had never built a concrete creek previously but jumped right in to do the task. The crew placed the concrete and then we gently lowered the two bridges and hollow log into the newly formed concrete trough. The sidewalks were then formed over the bridges and up the hill to the other holes. By the end of the day the crew was definitely tired (as was I) but six more holes of the golf were complete. The goal is to finish the concrete work before I leave back home in a few days. It's a tall order without a doubt. We begin again bright and early tomorrow morning!
Shaping the land
It is extremely exciting to finally be in the last stages of the land shaping of the Skallywag Bay Adventure Golf. My job is to direct the crew and machines as they do their work. The blueprints have long ago been abandoned as we shape the ground by eye and feel. Blueprints would be the hard way to do this task! Instead the landscape is being built to a visual standard. Everything simply has to work together. At this stage the greenery, shrubs and trees are still imaginary but I can clearly see them as we prepare for that work. The crew needs to simply trust what I tell them which is a very different way of working than they've been used to. We are having fun! Tomorrow we'll cast the stream and the concrete sidewalks for much of the golf and it will become even more permanent. Stay tuned...
