Almost ready to push out the giant log

Monday and Tuesday I was under the weather. Today I felt marginally better and improved as the day progressed. I still went to work but kept mainly in my office away from the crew. I figured I would feel lousy no matter if I stayed in bed so I may as well catch up with all of the put off things at my desk work. It is good to feel human again at last. I did manage to catch up on the giant pile of papers however so I guess it was a needed break of sorts. Now I am determined, more than ever, to operate at full speed tomorrow. I sure need to for the crew is nipping at my heals once more.

They kept busy in the workshop today and made good progress on the painting of the three large pieces.

The giant log now needs only one more glaze on the outside to be complete and the inside is done. Everyone assures me they will easily be done tomorrow. Friday morning we push it outside to be loaded onto the trailer for it's trip up to the lake.

The good news is that the extended weather forcast looks fabulous for next week. That sounds like a good reason to head up to the lake with the entire crew. (for work)

-grampa dan

Details

I spent the day largely at my desk designing but out in the shop the crew was busy. The giant log for the Wilderness Advetnure area will be ready on Thursday afternoon and is to be installed on Friday! We'll be bringing in a crane for the loading at the shop and to lift it into place on site. Stay tuned for that adventure! 

Hailey has been hard at work on the Wave Swinger sign and it is looking great. Tomorrow it should be wrapped up. 

Kendra has been working hard on the Wagon Wheel sign and it too is looking very cool. We are down to lettering and trim on this piece.

We are anxiously awaiting the massive log to leave the shop to make room for all the new features we are eager to start.

-grampa dan

It will make sense later

Each day I spend time up at the park, seemingly wandering around and looking thngs over. But my mind is racing as I am really planning what will happen days or weeks from now. It is one thing to do a fancy concept drawing of what the park may look like, while quite another to actually build it. I could have easiy spent many months planning, drawing sketches and building detailed models to work out each area but it is far easier and quicker to instead work out the broad strokes on the plans and then worry about the details as we go. The key to this approach is to stay ahead of the crew so nothing has to be torn out. To do otherwise would cost time and money, both of which are never in great enough supply.

Today I spent some time thinking about the winding walkway down into the Wilderness Adventure area. The concrete and blockwork are now largely complete and the fill is mostly in place. As I wander through the physical space I can easily imagine how it will look when my team finishes with the space. I can imagine the small mountain to the right and see in my mind's eye the thre rope bridges that will magically connect this area's features. I can hear the water running over the waterfall and hear the excited kids playing. I can smell the brightly colored flowers too. Everyone else who looked saw this...

The other area I am working on in my head is the giant slab of a wall on the very tall building. In a fw weeks we start in on the welding and fabricating to make it look like a faciful giant mountain. I grabbed a spray bomb and did some quick art on the wall that to most looks more like graffitti than anything else but in reality it is the guildeines for the structural steelwork that will be cut and fit in the coming week.

It's all going to be so cool! I can see it now!

-grampa dan