More treehouse trivia

After I left San Diego, Abe built support for the rope ladder. (It was hard to climb, as it swung under the deck.)  Then he enlisted help (I hope) to apply stain / sealant to most surfaces.  The result looks good.  He also installed a roof cap, which you can't see in this photo.

Backyard Project

Tom stopped by while driving from California to Montana and helped with a backyard project.  Not quite as impressive as John and Abe's tree house but it will at least get my garbage cans out of my garage.

The TreeHouse

Abe and I worked from Jun 28 – July 3 to build a treehouse in Desiree's folks' yard near San Diego.  Here are some photos of the daily progress ...

End of Day 1 -- supplies

End of Day 2 -- some framing and part of deck


End of Day 3 -- more framing and start of rafters


 End of Day 4 -- rafters done and start of siding

End of Day 5 -- siding and railing completed

 Day 6 -- toasting the completed project

The Two Newest

I've been in San Diego nearly a week.  The day I got here (at Desirée's folks), Michael and Melissa came to visit.  Here's a photo of Jude (left) and Bo – cousins born about 7 weeks apart.  Later on I'll post some photos of the treehouse Abe and I are building in the Furmans' yard.

Bonnie's Memorial

Marc and I attended the Bonnie Moore Willis memorial at the ranch on Friday.  We drove down Thursday and had dinner with 16 other family members at the Graves Hotel.  We stayed at the motel on the highway coming in, parked our car and walked all around Harlo.  Marc had never walked down main street before.  After dinner, Tana, Ginger, Roy, Terry and Pack Tice, Marc and I gathered in the Bilile room for a drink and some visiting.  Saturday morning we all gathered at the old Wade's drive in for breakfast which was really good!!  We drove out the ranch and got into Roy's truck and drove up to the Shepherder's Memorial which was a favorite spot of Bonnie's.  The Cosgriffe girls arranged all of this and Colleen was the one who spoke.  Aunt Ellen told a few stories as did Jerry Gleason and a couple of others.  It was really nice.  At a later time, Tim, Bonnie's son, is going to go scatter her ashes up there but wanted to do it privately.  Some of us walked up to the memorial and the view was amazing.  I am posting some pictures.  The group of people were at the memorial and the pile of rocks is the memorial.  We all gathered at the TwoDot bar for lunch and drinks.  It was a great time and so good to see the last of the older generation on the Moore side.