Weekend Progress ...

We worked on the deck Saturday evening, after a great afternoon with my family at my nephew's All-Star Baseball game earlier in the day. We got about 2 hours work in before it got dark, which allowed us to get the framing built.

Sunday morning we got up bright and early and got the frames nailed together, leveled and squared. At lunch time, our shade was running out, so we went inside for a few hours to cool off and rest. We also traveled to Lowes to get the rest of the lumber we would need. We were only able to work for about an hour before bad weather came through, but we were only inside for about an hour before the weather cleared. Unfortunately, we did not get enough nails either, and we had to stop before finishing when we ran out.

Oh well. It is definitely not going anywhere, but the wood does get more warped and crooked as it sits, so we want to get it done ASAP. All in all, it was a good weekend's work, considering the heat and all the breaking and other things that had to be done as well. We got about 1/2 of the decking boards nailed down, so we're in the home stretch, I think.

These pictures were taken as Kathryn and I waited for Jason and Julian to get back with more nails (which they were not able to get!).