Progress!

Dad came up today and installed the tie downs and we passed the open deck inspection. Before the storm blew in this evening he and I were able to get all but the last piece of plywood down. It was one of those thunder storms where the sky suddenly opens up and it pours, which made for great fun running around the backyard trying to get tools and lumber under cover.

If things go smoothly tomorrow and Saturday, we may be able to raise the gable wall on Monday. That also means I may be trying to cajole friends into spending a few hours of Memorial Day helping me in exchange for food and beer. Or things may take longer than anticipated (isn't that usually the case?) and then I'll be tempting people into helping with offers of food and beer another time.