Happy Birthday Dave! We spent much of the last 2 weeks of January making as much progress on the new rooms for Beyond 90 as we could. We took a few breaks though, including ending the month with Dave’s birthday celebration.
Pat, Dave and Fred raise a new wall. Framing Work
Under Fred’s direction, we managed to raise 2 walls in the 2nd of 4 rooms being modified for Beyond 90, and began clearing the space to do the same in the 3rd room. Since the room ceiling is slanted toward the center of the building, determining an accurate stud height has been an on-going challenge. With the 1st 2 rooms framed, we had room to take delivery of more supplies from Lowe’s, including dry wall. As we moved forward into the next rooms, we were now positioned to enable others to begin hanging dry wall soon in the rooms recently finished.
Under Fred’s direction, we managed to raise 2 walls in the 2nd of 4 rooms being modified for Beyond 90, and began clearing the space to do the same in the 3rd room. Since the room ceiling is slanted toward the center of the building, determining an accurate stud height has been an on-going challenge. With the 1st 2 rooms framed, we had room to take delivery of more supplies from Lowe’s, including dry wall. As we moved forward into the next rooms, we were now positioned to enable others to begin hanging dry wall soon in the rooms recently finished.
Mike Pat and Dave position new roof frame at Neptune Beach We were asked to break away for a day to consult on a project at nearby Christ UMC in Neptune Beach. A Nomads project was scheduled for mid-February, but Mike, the church coordinator, wanted some help validating and buliding a prototype of the roof design. We joined Pat, Fred and Joe to refine the design, and then built a 12 ft section of roof beams to provide a pattern for the many sections to follow. As a thank you, Mike treated us to lunch at nearby Bono’s, which was delicious.
Dave and Butch replace faucet in Kim's Open Door classroom We juggled a few other tasks, which took time away from the new rooms for Beyond 90. Kim’s Open Door had a sink that developed a leak and needed a new faucet and a repair to the drain. She also had a few tables that needed “re-assembling” as well. And the church’s Accounting / Payroll software had on-going problems with a badly designed year-end version upgrade. At any rate, it’s all in a day’s work.
Setting up the Portabote one last time before it sold Boat Stuff
Our efforts to lighten the load on Orion Jr pretty quickly yielded results after we posted our first ad. A number of items sold within days – PFD’s, tethers, our mast Top Climber, etc. But a couple of the more significant items that sold were the Portabote dinghy and the composting toilet. There are still a number of things left, but the initial response is encouraging, and Jr is certainly getting lighter.
Our efforts to lighten the load on Orion Jr pretty quickly yielded results after we posted our first ad. A number of items sold within days – PFD’s, tethers, our mast Top Climber, etc. But a couple of the more significant items that sold were the Portabote dinghy and the composting toilet. There are still a number of things left, but the initial response is encouraging, and Jr is certainly getting lighter.
Cathy Evalyn and Dave by the carriage barn Parks and Celebrations
The town of Mandarin is a Jacksonville suburb that sits on the St. John’s River 's eastern bank just south of the city. Walter Jones park preserves some of the historic buildings from this community and tells some of the stories of its past. We joined Evalyn to visit the park one day when all of the buildings were open and staffed with interpreters. One of the more interesting buildings was the Post Office / General Store where one of Walter Jones’ descendants was present to talk about her family’s history at the store.
The town of Mandarin is a Jacksonville suburb that sits on the St. John’s River 's eastern bank just south of the city. Walter Jones park preserves some of the historic buildings from this community and tells some of the stories of its past. We joined Evalyn to visit the park one day when all of the buildings were open and staffed with interpreters. One of the more interesting buildings was the Post Office / General Store where one of Walter Jones’ descendants was present to talk about her family’s history at the store.
Celebrating with friends And, as the month ended we took advantage of an unseasonably warm night to enjoy some fellowship and great seafood in a birthday picnic celebrating Dave’s birthday. Pat made a delicious birthday pie that topped off the evening on a sweet note.
