Take me home, country roads

Nick

Dec 1, 2024 — 1 min read

Hello! And happy December.

It feels good to be back in the homeland. While stateside I made it to the Shenandoah Valley, and it turns out the song was right, the Blue Ridge Mountains really do look blue!

I only got back yesterday, and continued with chiselling concrete today. It’s kinda slow, not setting a great precedent for any future tunnel digging, but the hole for the shower sump is now done:

Next up are the small channels for the drains and pipes, which… I need to find. And order.

Until next Sunday!

- Nick

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