Nov 1st - Wall Work

Fred and I worked on a wall in the new building today, after he gave me a tour of the facility.

Fred and Gail are the full time volunteers. They have been here about 18 months. They have been full time RV'ers since 1998. Fred retired from the military before becoming a painter, and then retired from painting. He is 75 and a real worker. They spent their first several years after retiring just touring the country, but got bored. They joined MMAP'ers (Mobile Missionary Assistance Program and did service projects with them for about 5 years. After that they decided to go out on their own. I think that Gale does a lot of the work with the flowers and lawn.

The photo below shows the back entrance to the new building. The tree comes up through the lower deck. The upper deck is fit to the tree and a 3" branch actually goes up through the upper deck. The building is less than 100' from the motor home. I can easily walk to work.

 This is part of the wall we did today. They had some old pine logs laying around so they cut them into 3/4" thick boards and are using them to to finish the interior walls. The boards are lapped, not butted together. It is supposed to be rustic. I didn't go upstairs yet but I think I heard that they are using hardwood for the upstairs walls.

 In the afternoon we went over to Fred's sawmill and sawed another log into boards.

Below is a photo of a small fountain that is on site. More site photos of the pond, pool, etc. at a later time.

 John has some very interesting ideas when it comes to decorating. These are sinks in the dining room kitchen. They also have a more conventional stainless steel sink.

 

This is (I think) an area for iced things on the salad bar.

Dining room restroom sink.

It was a fun first day. It was mostly sunny with a high in the mid 80's. At 6 PM it is still 81. It was warm but didn't feel all that hot. So says the guy who is sitting in the motor home with the AC running <grin>.

Good night to all. May God bless you and yours.