We continue to make progress transforming the A building classrooms into therapy rooms for Beyond 90. The walls are all framed and the drywall put on. And when not working, we continue to thin out the boat contents as well, and have put the boat itself on the market. But we are really excited about plans we have for a train trip out west later this spring.
Construction Work
The sound of saws, compressors and nail guns for framing walls began to give way to that of drills for fitting dry wall screws in the first week of February. We were benefiting from the assistance of Jack and Bill from the Nomads team in their last project week here at Faith. And they came very close to finishing on their last day. But Pat and Cathy, with some of Dave’s assistance, were able to fill in the last gaps, mutually agreeing that dry wall hanging will never appear on our resume. By the end of February’s 2nd week, there wasn’t much noise at all, unless you count the sound of sanding joint compound and perhaps a nasty word as the dry wall mud didn’t lay on as smoothly as planned or was too hard to remove.
The sound of saws, compressors and nail guns for framing walls began to give way to that of drills for fitting dry wall screws in the first week of February. We were benefiting from the assistance of Jack and Bill from the Nomads team in their last project week here at Faith. And they came very close to finishing on their last day. But Pat and Cathy, with some of Dave’s assistance, were able to fill in the last gaps, mutually agreeing that dry wall hanging will never appear on our resume. By the end of February’s 2nd week, there wasn’t much noise at all, unless you count the sound of sanding joint compound and perhaps a nasty word as the dry wall mud didn’t lay on as smoothly as planned or was too hard to remove.
When not pitching in on the A-building project, Joe made some significant repairs to a shed that holds roofing supplies. In the process, he moved the shed to a new location and exposed some severely rotting wood on another shed that holds the mower and other landscaping supplies. With some new T1-11 panels, he repaired the walls and ensured it would last a bit longer.
Boat Stuff
We continued to empty out Orion Jr, placing the bigger items for sale. We mounted the outboard (actually both outboards), measured the drifter sail, and sold off more individual items. With the inside emptying out, we finally decided we were ready to try to sell the boat itself. While not expecting much activity, we were caught by surprise by several responses that had us scrambling to actually clean her up to show. Maybe she actually will sell this spring.
We continued to empty out Orion Jr, placing the bigger items for sale. We mounted the outboard (actually both outboards), measured the drifter sail, and sold off more individual items. With the inside emptying out, we finally decided we were ready to try to sell the boat itself. While not expecting much activity, we were caught by surprise by several responses that had us scrambling to actually clean her up to show. Maybe she actually will sell this spring.
Downtime
Taking advantage of some of the warmer evenings, we have explored some new restaurants, one of which was the Bearded Pig, which had some great BBQ. Skip and Cherylle passed through one evening driving the van that they had recently converted into a mini-RV. And we had a quick visit from Bonnie, Troy and the kids as they passed through en route to Orlando.
Taking advantage of some of the warmer evenings, we have explored some new restaurants, one of which was the Bearded Pig, which had some great BBQ. Skip and Cherylle passed through one evening driving the van that they had recently converted into a mini-RV. And we had a quick visit from Bonnie, Troy and the kids as they passed through en route to Orlando.
Looking ahead to our next travels, we booked an Amtrak trip that will take us cross-country to Seattle and back over the last 2 weeks in March. You may remember we tried out the train’s roomette service last May heading south out of Philadelphia. That was a dry run for this trip that we had been hoping to find time to take. We are really looking forward to it.
