Team Valley Brook

Team Valley Brook
Jeff, Jim, Rob, Steve, Mike

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Day 2 is done. Still need the aloe.

We had another great day on Friday.  We celebrated Mike's 23rd birthday by doing absolutely nothing for him;-)  We put 2/3 of the tongue and groove flooring on and got a little less than half of the walls framed.  Today we are going to focus on getting the rest of the walls framed and hopefully get the main roof header in place.  We have one more day of Steven's help and then he has to fly home on Sunday.  He has been a great blessing on the trip, so thanks to God for allowing him to make at least a short trip possible.  We will miss his hard work ethic and on the job site and his biblical knowledge in our evening discussions/debates.
Jim has been in his glory and has got to use a pressurized sprayer to coat all the floor joists and framing material in a plethora of sealants.  The first day they gave him to diesel fuel to spray on.  Yesterday they gave him some official wood sealer to spray on.  Then they came back and gave him a different brand to spray on.  Apparantly there was a great debate among the architect and the camp director as to what was best.  So I guess the solution was to drown those suckers in everything they could find;-)  Of course Jim did it without complaint and was singing worship songs the whole time.  That man has a passion for praising our Savior!
Jeff spend the better part of the day cutting the angles in the flooring.  6 sided cabins may look good in theory but they are not very fun to install wood flooring in.  This is bringing back memories of the frustrations we had back in september trying to make perfect cuts.  I laughed when I heard Jeff say 'that little gap is okay, it is under where the bunk bed will be.'  That is exactly what Edwin and I said last year;-)  Jim and I had fun nailing the boards down.
Mike and Steven were on wall framing duties all day.  That work is slow because most of the home grown wood that we are using is not the same thickness.  So in order to make sure the top plate is level, you have to custom measure each stud for length.
All five of us are going to attack the framing this morning.  We are looking forward to the cool of the morning.  Although the temperature is only around 80 during midday, there is no shade and the sun is very strong.  We were all covered up yesterday so as not to get more sunburn.  I hear the guys getting ready to head out, so I gotta run.  I will do my best to muster some strength to post a bunch of pictures tonight.
Adios.
-rob

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