 Joe. This is Joe. We hired him to do our driveway for us. |
 Tongans. Joe comes from Tonga. There are eleven Tongan families in Juneau. Nine of these families are related. On the day our cement was poured, several of them came out to help Joe. |
 Pouring. Michael hasn't done much concrete work, and he hasn't done any finish work on concrete, so it seemed a good idea to have somebody else do the work. You can only finish concrete once. |
 Leveling. After watching the process, Michael decided that he could have done it, but it's better to let someone else do the work when uncertain. |
 Becky Watching. Becky took a keen interest in all the goings on in her front yard. |
 Mom and Becky. We all enjoyed watching the men work. While sitting in the shade of our front porch in our wicker chairs, all we felt we were missing while watching were some mint juleps! |
 One side level. First they poured one side and levelled it. |
 The other side. Then they poured and levelled the other side. They were supposed to do this all as one pour, but Joe misjudged how much concrete to order. |
 Short. Actually, Joe misjudged how much concrete to order twice. Still short at the end of the second pour. |
 Third Pour. Joe finally got enough concrete to finish the job with the third delivery. In all, thirteen cubic yards of concrete were delivered. |
 Mailbox Post. Thirteen cubic yards is a lot of concrete. More than enough, it turned out. Good thing too, since there were other projects to do, such as pouring concrete in the hole for the new mailbox post. The old post is directly behind the new one. |
 Stepping Stones. Just in case there was extra concrete, Michael built a form (in advance) to pour concrete steps. |
 Finish Work. After the concrete began to set, Joe's crew used insulation board to kneel on while they smoothed out the driveway. |
 Texturing. Final texturing was done with a push broom. |