Concrete....Almost Done

The basement concrete is finished!  It looks pretty good!

 The garage floor should be poured this Friday (assuming we have favorable weather).

We had to bring in an additional 201 tons of pea gravel to backfill the interior of the garage area and bring it up to grade. Do you know how long it takes to move that much pea gravel using rakes and a shovel?  Me either.  I started moving it and quit after about 3 hours and a broken rake. 

Here is the finished product.  Thank the good Lord for powered equipment that can move gravel a lot quicker than me.

We added three floor drains in the garage.  One will be set up for Dax's bath bay (that way Dax won't freeze in the winter when he is muddy and needs bathed before he comes back in --- so we can wash him in the garage and then escort him right inside).  The other two are for run off from our vehicles.