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With lots of help, including all the band members, we got a ton done today. We were pulling our hair out about what to do about the kitch when we crashed at 2:30 am. This isn’t a camper–we don’t need a stove, but maybe we don’t need  a kitchen with a sink. We’re not making soup and anything we need we can do in the other sink. Still thinking...
Bunks and Booths
J had  some time to day and was able to juggle his normal routine and help
The only quiet place is OUTSIDE THE BUS.
Ok, back to work. J fitted the back lounge walls with screws
Nate framed in the bathroom
Jimmy’s sister helped J out when they visisted
As did his brother-in-law, Kevin.
Then Keith and Krista brought their youth group. They helped a lot.
Girls on one side
Boys on the other
Krista
Deb, sporting new OTHER-LEG injury helps take out the seats to the trash
Kida make another saw table out of Horse hay and plywood
Taking out the trash. 47 Greyhound chairs
That part of my driveway is 400 feet long- that’s a long drag
We found a salamander (?) in the barn
He’s so cute :)
We keep limping along with this hand me down tractor. Today the throttle died
Sammy Haynie and Nate framing
Keith knows what he’s doing, so he was framing in tricky cabinetry
Time to visit a couple horses
All the kids got to pet
Remind us to never leave food in the bus.
Out comes Kyley, the star of the farm.
Everyone loves the 20 year old mare that Deb got when she was 12!
And the mini’s are cute!
cute!
Even Keith likes it.
Getting ready to leave
Larry and Nate still working on the bathroom framing
“What did Karl design for here?”
Karl and Larry building the booths
33 different boards all different sizes make up a booth in Karl’s design
Spider
Ted and Cameron: Bunks. Will Karl’s design support weight over a 7x3 ?
Solid 3/4 plywood makes a solid foundation for each bunk.
The suspended bunk design solidly supporting nearly a quarter ton
That’s all we can do with bunks for tonight
Nate takes over for Larry  (who gets up at 3 and lives an hour away)
My new favorite tool the fast clamp. Or the $6 nephew.
custom furniture is hard enough to make solid when it’s NOT in a bus
It’s “mildly” over-engineered to tolerate a twisting chassis
The back bench is nearly framed in. It doubles as a vent duct for the bunks
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