Catch Up, Mustard, and Relish

It has been another beautiful day in West Virginia.  Day three of our adventure started a little earlier so that we could get ahead of the predicted heat.  We also paid more attention to the crew’s hydration needs before the temperature went up.  These plans seemed to have worked since we were able to finish shingling the rear of the house, complete most of the tear off of the front of the house, remove a chimney which was about to fall down (the homeowner will have to do some reconstruction of the other active one so that he doesn’t lose that one too), and start installing ice guard, felt and shingles on the front of the house.  Currently, our goal is to finish the job by noon tomorrow – fingers crossed.

During our trip to War last evening, we saw signs to Lake Berwind, and we decided to pack a picnic dinner and check it out.  We were pleasantly surprised to find a nice park with lots of benches, tables and small pavilions for public use.  After Brightbill warmed up for field day by cooking us hotdogs and burgers, the seniors told stories of the antics in shop over the years.  We definitely wore them out today; at least one of them fell asleep on the 10 minute drive back to the house, and they all crashed upstairs in the bedroom by 7:15 – definitely a record for Building Construction Cares.