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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Thursday, November 7, 2013

It Fits!

Mark your calendars. On Wednesday Ryan & I installed the roof on the play structure. 

The remarkable thing about that is the fact that it fit with only very minor trimming. I took measurements, drove back to the comfort of my shop and built the two halves there. Then I loaded them on the Subaru and brought them back. 

It was a bit tricky walking them up a ladder and over the trusses to their final resting place. But Ryan and I managed to do it without falling off the ladder or seriously wrenching a back. They are secured by the trim pieces around the perimeter and two more similar pieces on each side of the center truss. 

The framing is 50% space sheeting. I was trying to go light to enable me to get them onto the car by myself. I guess I succeeded but it was close. 


Big game tonight, but you already know that. Beat Seattle and we move on to the playoff semi finals. Rained like crazy this morning but perfect now. 

Stay warm.