Barn update (plus Barn Day photos!)

Another great building weekend. Our objective is to work Bruce, D's dad, so much that when get returns to his home in Illinois he'll be worn to a stub. This weekend we got all the 2×8's around the periphery (12 feet up), with 2 spans across the aisle. One of the aisle lights is up on a span and the light actually works (yeah!). The front wall of the tack room is framed with the door opening in place. And some big news is that all stall fronts are in and the stall beds have been packed with rock dust and they are ready for the mats. The mats are now laid out behind the barn, waiting to be marked, cut, and laid into place.  Packing the dust required renting a gas powered tamper that dad called a "whacker packer" (that name cracked me up) and Bruce drove the dang thing and managed to come out with all toes still there. Dad made the trip up and helped shovel and haul the rock dust. Hoo Boy, we're all pretty tired.

Now, for the Barn Day pictures from Sept 30. I made a quick/dirty photo album and gathered pics from family. All the photos look great and bring back wonderful memories. A lot of happy faces and hard work in there.  The last 10 or so are from today, but all the earlier ones are from the Barn Day team. Enjoy and once again, thanks to all! Photos –>  are here