Almost have a roof!

I almost have a roof! Jimmy is standing on top of the Coach garage, says the view is really great from there.
I won't be crawling up there to see!

The crane arrived at 8 am, on a cloudy, cool day.......of all days we've prayed for rain....we don't need it today!

My Roof Arrives!!!

The roof trusses finally arrived! Can't believe they got it all on one truck. It's like a giant erector set......8 trusses bundled together, 12 bundled, etc. they go to different places on the house. The trailer they came in on was fascinating...it had rollers and the driver slowly pulled up then backed up fast, slammed into the trailer and the wood started rolling off. Then he hit a button that started lifting the front end and the rest rolled off as he pulled forward......gentle as could be!

Turkey trot!

So cute!!

A whole family of turkeys just passed through the campsite, by my front door! There were about a 20 of them......5 adults and the rest chicks! I had to scramble to get these pics!

Preparing for the roof!

 Jimmy,
Donald, another neighbor, and the framers were preparing the porch for the roof trusses, due in on Tuesday. Had to have a small crane place the 38' beam in place, so Jimmy could weld the upstairs steel posts to it. By the way, I had to buy Jimmy some suspenders....his pants keep falling off! haha!

Jimmy. the welder!

Here's Jimmy, with help from JR....welding the upstairs steel posts!