Sculpting day

Today was a day for sculpting. Because of uncertain weather it was declared a shop day. That meant work was to be done on some smaller pieces. The first was the last concrete sculpted piece for the Cultus Lake project in the shop. We had salvaged a sign background from the old clubhouse. It had some sentimental value and was deemed worth saving. To do so it needed to have some posts and a backing grafted on. Then it was time for the concrete work with the style carefully matched to work we had done fifteen years ago.

The first of two pirate ships for the Trinidad signs has been getting lots of attention. The base for the ship is visible in the background.

The sculpted treasure chest for the Bountiful Booty store has also been taken care of. It has plenty of detail from every angle. 

Together again

The two halves of the shipwreck have been largely apart as they were constructed, often not even in the shop at the same time on account of their size. With the painting now complete we lined them up as they would appear in Trinidad so we could grab a picture. Then they will be separated one last time to be packed into the containers for the trip down to the Caribbean.

Track through the trees

Early last year as we designed and built the first phase of the Cultus Lake Adventure Park we imagined how the future roller coaster would wind through the trees and around and over the buildings under construction but it was all the stuff of dreams. Today that section of track was lifted into place and the dream became very real. More track is to be lifted into place tomorrow and it will only be three or four weeks at most until we get to  ride the adventure for real