Alright, finally got all the pics uploaded. So after finishing the footings, it rained, and there was about 10" of water in the lowest footing. We got that all cleaned out, and the inspector was supposed to come on tuesday of last week. Well, about noon on tuesday, it started to rain, so we covered everything up and waited on him about an hour. Finally we cancelled the inspection so we wouldn't get charged for it. Come back wednesday morning, and about half of the tarps had pulled the stakes out of the ground, so we had about 14" of water standing in the footings at the lowest point, because its only 14" deep.
With shovels and buckets we drained the water. A few inches had soaked in before we got started, but it still took about 100 bucketscoops to get it out.
We finally got enough water out to get down in the trenches and start scraping the mud, which is worse than the water, because as you walk on it, you make more mud. And it builds up on your shoes, so you gain 10lbs and get tired faster.
