At the Headwaters

It was 60 degrees today, November 11th — unbelievable.  And I had the day off.  Ah, yes, gotta love the banker’s hours. 

I went to town on the back deck, working seven hours straight; stopping only to change the CD music.  The decking was all ready to go from last spring (see "Chapter 7:  In Which Old Man Winter . . .").  The only prep I had to do was buy a new air stapler because the last one I bought and used three times was already broken.  Cheap tools suck.  But alas, I bought another cheap one.  At least it made it through the day.

I constructed it so the pieces can still be taken out.  I am going to put a pull latch on the middle one for easy access to the gas tank and other engine stuff.  I’m also going to put a drain in this piece so water can get down to the bilge pump instead of standing on the deck.

It turned out decently, not great.  I’ll wait until this spring to stain and varnish it — then it will look real nice.   

Here’s some before-and-afters; I’ll let the pictures do the talking.

and my personal favorite:

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