I absolutely love a treat from the local deli or bakery each day as I have a sweet tooth that must be satisfied. The problem is that Janis believes all those delicious pastries are starting to show on my waistline. We agreed that something had to be done but I wasn’t about to give up on the treats. The obvious solution was more exercise. I decided it would be a great idea to bike the distance to the store and and back, working off those calories in the process. So I began to look for the perfect bike. I settled on a foldable e-bike. It would easily tuck into the back of my Jeep so I could take it to interesting places to ride on weekends with Phoebe. The bike, of course, had to be REALLY COOL as I needed to ride in style. Nothing less would do. FAT tires were the answer here. They would also provide lots of traction if I decide to take a shortcut and go off-road. A sturdy carrier on the back will make it suitable for running errands to the local hardware store. I’ll still get lots of exercise with an e-bike but it won’t strain my old bones too much - especially when I have to go up a hill. :) After much research I found a local company VOLTBIKE that had the perfect bike for my needs. Today I picked up my new ride.
Castle garden entrance progress
The castle gate structure received much of its concrete today. The rest will be done once the top is mated to the bottom section onsite. With the sculpted concrete in place the towers look very substantial and very much like a castle. The painted steel turret caps are almost ready as well. I can hardly wait to see the pieces assembled onsite!
Getting ready for crane day
We pulled a few of the big finished pieces out of the shop which of course made room to start some new ones. One of these was the beautiful curved roof for over the front door of the North Star suite. It’s a tricky piece with compound curves in both directions. Matt is almost finished the welding and finishing before it gets its coat of weathered brass. The cold weather snap (for these parts) is supposed to last another couple of weeks… just enough time to prefabricate a bunch more pieces. When the weather finally turns we will have a whole bunch to lift on crane day!
