How to drive a shovel...

After the daughter's slumber party was over, I went to Lowe's and picked up some drain pipe and other supplies.  I actually found a better down spout pipe for the gutter pipe at the end of the house.   I ended up making the line a bit deeper so that  it will intersect with the french drain at the right depth. 

I have about 30 feet excavated and have about 40 feet more to go.  This is going to be more work than anticipated.  I should be able to finish by next weekend I think.  I still have some calculation to figure out how much drainage rock I am going to need.  Instead of doing the math again, I am going to get 1/2 cu yd of drain rock and see how many feet it works out to.