Back it up, back it up

We're moving to the backyard!

Our house is up on a bluff. There's a pretty large vertical distance from the house down to the river. Donnie wanted to build a retaining wall in order the break up the backyard and have a nice flat area for the pool.

From this view you can see how high the house is from the water level.

 Jay is a very good friend and spent his Sunday helping Donnie out.

 The next weekend, Donnie had some of his guys come over. They were able to knock out quite a bit because there was more of them. This is what the wall looks like from the house side. Dirt will need to fill in all the way to the top of that wall.

This is the view from the river side. 

Can you see that "cut in" in the middle? That's where the stairs will be to get down to the water level.