Concrete and Rain

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The concrete arrived for the piers that we need for the new solar system. We got it all poured in with no problems.

A crew of men pours concrete into a pier mold.
Here's a view of the wire trench leading to the new pier.

However, that evening, it started to rain. Our trenches started to fill up with water. Ken took the backhoe and dug an emergency ditch through the hay barn to keep the water from saturating our precious hay. We also grabbed a pump to pump out the trenches a bit.

Ken's on the backhoe, digging a drainage trench for the rain.
A view of the drainage trench filling with water.
Another look at the drainage trench.
Ken with a pump, ready to pump out the collected water.