A little electric work

We've had an electric pole in the back part of our yard since we moved here. When we first moved in there were trees almost to the back of the house so we never noticed it.  We got rid of the trees so we would have a back yard with room for our kids to play.  Then the power pole became pretty apparent.  Bob planted things around the base of it, but it was still very noticeable.
This Spring we got notice that the Electric company would be moving it as they were adjusting the line in the whole area.  Great news for us!
This past week it finally happened.  I had to work a short morning shift and when I came home I was greeted by all kinds of trucks on the road and some equipment in the back yard.

Here they are getting everything set up, so they could send a worker up in the bucket.

 

He worked up there for quite a while, disconnecting the line.

 

After all the lines were disconnected, they cut the top off the pole, and then pulled the rest of it out of the ground.  While they were are work in this area there was another group working to put up a new pole further down.

 

Here you can see the new pole in the corner of the picture.  It's still in our back yard, but not in such an obvious spot.
Our power had to be out for about 2 1/2 hours while this was happening, but it was kind of fun to watch all this happen!