so. It has been a wet spring and start to summer. The last wet spring, about 5 years ago, I broke down and built the board walk along side the old cabin.  This wet spring I said 'enough' and called my favorite lumberyard and said please deliver me some treated 2×4s. Girdners, Mercer, Mo had them to me three hours later. 

Today we had just enough rain to keep us from mowing and just enough to keep my flip flops muddy. 

I went to work.

Himself joined me.

It is hard on Himself to help me build what is just a picture in my head.  If I could draw him a plan. If he could look in my brain. If I could adequately describe it. oh yes. If only . . .

As none of that can happen it was a tough afternoon.  However, we persevered. We stuck it out.  We gotterdone . . . at least until we ran out of 2×4s but at least we now know it will get done.

This deck bridges our natural water way. It also houses our 300 pound picnic table which sits level today, the first time E V E R. How do I know it is level? Because Himself leveled it.  Precisely. Within an inch of his life.

PS. I woke up this morning with a building tip in my mind. I firmly belive Gramps helped me figure it out in my sleep. Thanks dad!!