Up she goes!

We've almost completed putting up our patio roof - and she looks awesome! Here are a few pictures from the construction effort last weekend. Many thanks to Dad, Brian, Curtis, and Ed for braving the heat! This weekend we plan to put up the soffits and the roofers should be here tomorrow to do the roll roofing. We'll have the whole roof re-done starting next Wednesday... pretty exciting!

Life otherwise is OK... I've started looking for a new job. I'm following leads at the Arizona Dept. of Education, Mesa Public Schools, and also the possibility of increasing the number of classes I am teaching at MCC. I appreciate everyone's good wishes and prayers. I think that is helping me get through. :)

This weekend we're taking a break from the training, but we start again next weekend. We plan to camp at Wet Beaver Creek near Sedona, and start taking longer hikes after that. Well, I'm off to do some laundry - the excitement never stops!

-JW

Day One - Operation Lures and Jigs

Before...

Check out that jig! Travis and Dad worked on drilling holes in the posts to hold the 15" all-thread. These were epoxy-ed into the holes in the cement pad.

How many engineers does it take...?

This is the end of the first day's work - the guys put up the posts, the beams, and the rafters you see here. What a job!

Day Two - Check out those Rafters!

Here's the results after two LOOOOOOOONNNNG days of hard work. We've got the decking put on now... I'll send pictures of the whole thing when we get them developed!