The Thing About Momentum

Momentum is a tricky thing. Ever try getting your car to a gas station by keeping your foot off the accelerator? If you are generally going downhill and get enough momentum going, you can even go up small hills before needing to apply more gas. This is what our Harmony Barn project is feeling like these days. When we lost all power to the barn a couple of weeks ago and had to cancel guests in the vacation rental, it felt like we had “run out of gas” just before reaching the gas station. But the thing about momentum is that if you have a bit of it in your favor, you can keep moving forward. Thanks to the tireless work of Mark (and of course our contractor) he was able to shepherd the process through much faster than we would ever have imagined and keep our momentum going. We should be back up and running by the end of the month, maybe even sooner!

The trench between our house (actually the tranformer) and the barn. Our new soon-to-be Super Path between the house and Harmony Barn.

There is now a 4 foot by 4 foot trench from our house to the barn as they had to put in a new line from the transformer and then install a new transformer to provide power to the barn. Unfortunately, our already rough driveway had to be cut through in two places and some of our new landscaping will have to be redone. The silver lining is that we will have a wide, curving pathway from our house to the barn. Maybe we should call it Tin Burro Lane or Harmony Lane. You tell us!

laying the electrical line in the trench.

Getting ready to put the line under the road in a conduit.