The waiting game. . .

And so it continues. After three weeks without any news from Coopalesca, an inspector finally showed up to check out the poles planted in the ground and the cables.

The inspector (the same fellow who has been out here twice and has seen everything) came out and pronounced the project--unworthy.

The contractors that Coopalesca had hired, apparently did not have enough tension on one of the guide-wires, and they failed to cut down some of the branches that were hanging over the new lines.

Back to square one.

Surprisingly enough, the contractors came out, scurried up the offending pole with the guide-wire, and had the repair done a day afterward. However, they said that it would be at least two to three weeks before they could come back and take down the dangling branches (more on that later).

So, after starting the process in June of this year, we're nearly at the end of October and are still awaiting everything to be connnected.