16th- high ~ 50

I took off today to get some work done on the bridge. After cutting the curves out of plywood, I screwed them together to make the long curves.

Next, 2x4 s on 12 inch centers.

And then I covered it with 3/8 inch plywood.

This will be the form for the bottom of the arch bridge. I will have to make another form for the top. The idea is to pour 3 arches, each 4 feet wide. Then they will be placed side by side over the creek using a crane. The side arches will also each have a wall and will weigh about 19000 lbs.

Here is sort of a side view of the bridge. You can see the shape of the wall. The arch is the bottom circular part. Gravel will be used to fill in between the walls.

Brandon is flying in today and it looks like we will have nice weather. We plan to do some mountain bike riding and who knows what else.

12th - warm

Got started on the bridge forms today.
The radius for these parts is about 10 feet, so it could be cut with a circular saw.
Also had Wildland Fire training all weekend. Here we are practicing deploying emergency fire shelters.

3rd - High 43

Today we burned the old barn on our place. It was a good time to do it since we had some snow still on the ground.

Some older pictures.....

Here is a picture from one year ago when I had just gutted the house. It's come a long way but there is still a lot to do. What a mess.

Here is Brandon at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone.

Me and T.