Updated February 2, 2002

The building foundation was the next major phase. We finally decided on a full foundation for the building, which would eventually become 2 rooms; the telescope room and a warm-up room. During the summer of 1980, we had a local farmer dig the foundation for us, dumped a load of gravel in the hole, then had a cement guy drop a load of cement as the base of the foundation.

We figured that we would need about 300 cinder blocks to create a 4 course foundation. For the next month, various members transported the blocks in cars and trucks, then hauled them up the hill. At that time, my uncle was in the construction business, so I was able to sneak some of his crew out to the Hill one November 1980 day to lay the block for us (it was also a freebie). It would have taken us several weekends to figure it out and get the job done. To this day, my uncle never found out what his men did that day.