Barn Progression

Well I took several nice photos of the work in pregress. Pictures of new beams, holes where old ones were, nicely cemented new footings, piles of muddy rocks, trenches dug all over the yard, the kids sitting on the mini-excavator. For some reason all those pictures are in the ether, disappeared off the memory stick in the camera. The only one I have is this one.

The guys are placing a 30' beam under the barn, that will catch all the floor joists. Tomorrow it will be set in position and footings will be made under it. That will be tough going for sure. Mucky and sloppy under there.

Things are going well though, and we are on schedule. Tomorrow will also be locking the new ceiling joists in place. One of the old joists that came out did so in peices. It was basically powder, which is why it had so many scabs holding it together.

Soon our little squirrel friend will have a nice (new) secure home. That is until I evict him.

I did get a chance to take the kids on a bit of a ride on the mini-ex this eve. We did doughnuts on the driveway as the tracks really rip up the grass. (I'll smooth out the gravel later...) This morning we tried to ride it, but I had trouble getting it going. Quinn pointed to the engine cover release at the back and said "I know what's wrong. You didn't put any money in it."

More tomorrow...