One more area off the to-do list

With the weather doubtful this morning we decided it was a good day to pack up all the things we no longer needed on site and take them back to the studio. We first loaded the box trailer with the small bits and then the flat deck with the larger pieces. Rather than strike our tent we tied it onto the trailer for the careful journey back home. Thankfully the shop is only ten minutes down the road.

By the time I returned to the site after two trips home the weather had turned fair again. We broke out the paint brushes and got busy painting once more. By the end of the day the western building was complete, including the bike rental area.

With GREAT weather starting tomorrow and a whole week left before opening we may just be able to pull off all the painting BEFORE the gates open next Saturday. We will certinly give it out very best try. Stay tuned...

-grampa dan

First area done

As we approach the final week of the construction of Cultus Lake Adventure Park the painting is in all stages in various areas. There's not much grey concrete left. Some areas are single coated, some double and some are glazed. The Wilderness Adventure is the most complete. Today we began the final touchups. The area to the east of the pool is now finished and ready for landscaping.

The rest of the play park is very close behind and one more good weather day will finish things off.

The next area of the park to get our undivided attention will be Bucky's Bumper Boat island. The bottom of the pool was coated out today and our team did a few more posts under the wave swinger. The mountain also got it's final base coats of paint.

It sure feels good to check off an area at last!

-grampa dan

The pace quickens

Concrete pour days are always a little more frantic than usual. The construction guys were busy creating the final grades and putting in the last of the forms. Our crew scrambled to stay ahead with the paint. The giant pumper dominates the scene while the massive drum trucks feed it endlessly. At the business end of the hose the concrete placing crew spreads the concrete and trowels it level. Normal paths of travel are blocked. Everything changes dramatically as the smooth replaces the gravel that now lies underneath. In the morning the scene looked like this...

By afternoon the view was very different...

Besides the painting our crew was doing through the park we aso installed two signs today. The first was the Happy Horse sign for the saloon.

The second sign to be installed today was the Pedal Power by the Hour sign for the bike rental area. We welded it to the pole that was fdug into the ground. did the last of the pencil rod frame and wired on the mesh in preparation for the last of the sculpted concrete work tomorrow.

Eight more working days before the gates swing open.

-grampa dan