Day 7, A Struggle with the weather

I was already awake last night from Lady's late night visit outside, a stiff neck that made flipping from side to side difficult and then to top it off thunderbolts rang out.  Lady and I moved to the living room couch and floor, not in that order in an effort to calm her fears from the lightning and a chance for me to find some way to get comfortable on a stack of pillows.  As all of us do during a big project at work, my mind moved to the potential problems a thunderstorm might bring to our somewhat completed #9 hole.  After a couple of hours sleep, my cellphone alarm went off and downstairs I went to check our rain accumulation in case I needed to cancel our contract workers for the day.  I was relieved to see there was no rain accumulation and the radar was clear along Hwy 70.  Thank goodness were weren't in north central Missouri where the rain was heavy.

Kye began work on #18 this morning doing some initial work on the left front bunker and the left approach  bunker.  The approach bunker is ready for our staff once 9 is complete.  Checking the gauge as I'm typing, we've only had .22" of rain(update that to .37") so far so maybe we will get lucky and keep the total really low tonight.

Our staff completed their work on the right bunker on #9.  The remaining sand was added and sod now encircles the bunker.  The staff also laid some additional sod on the right side of the green surround.
We were also able to get the left rear bunker trenched completely and we began to install the drainage when two lighting events brought us into the maintenance facility.  We went out for a third time after all was clear again around 3:00 p.m. when a bolt out of nowhere flashed overhead and sent us racing back for cover to the maintenance facility for good.  Mother nature gave us three chances and that was enough for me.

Kye and I are discussing some potential changes in our renovation order based on the current piece of equipment we have rented.  We are going to discuss a little further about moving to #6 and then to #7 since those bunkers are a little larger.  The larger unit can remove spoils or dirt quicker but it cannot get into tight spaces as easily as the smaller unit we have requested from our rental vendor.  If the rain allows us to work tomorrow, we should be close in getting #9 completed.  I would expect that it will take us through Monday to get the three bunkers on #18 restored.

Kye working Saturday afternoon behind #9.  The hole cut between the two bunkers  was made to allow our trencher  to trench a line that will connect the two bunkers.  The hole will be filled back in once the drainage has been installed.

The same view but taken from the left corner of the lake.

Up on top of the new mounding behind the bunkers.

The new bunkers on #9 waiting for us to take over on Monday.

End of the day look on Monday with sod laid on the back along the cart trail, covering the slope on the right bunker that was drained and was partially filled with sand between the green and lake.

A view along the lake with the new sodded area replacing the front pot bunker.

The view of the right side bunker partially completed on Monday.

Drainage being installed in the left rear bunker on #9 on Tuesday between lightning events.

The right rear bunker completed Tuesday morning on #9.

Big roles of fescue on the right side of #9 green complex on Tuesday being laid.

End of the day on Tuesday.  A nice look with more sod behind the green waiting to be laid.

Kye working on # 18 approach bunker on the left.  We removed a load of sandy material and two loads of dirt.  The dirt was dumped into the left rear of the left green side bunker. 

Additional shaping of the left approach bunker.  

Initial work on the left green side bunker.  Still more work to come.

The look of #18 two left bunkers as they are being renovated.