Super.... porch?

Just in time, a crew of friends answered my call and came to Camp Freedom from the corners of our nation to help build the all-important porch. After looking at the site and trying to figure out how the trusses would go up, it seemed that it would be a lot easier to work on that side of the building if one could put a ladder on a solid wood platform instead of the spongey forest floor, 4 feet below.

So, we ordered up some lumber, and started making us a porch. First we do the ledgers and headers...

Then we hang the joists

The crew stops for a moment to contemplate spacial geometry and the properties of wood.

Anil makes his case:

I'm not sure what this one is considering, but I'm pretty sure it's not math.......

Somehow we made it beyond the pondering and while I went to Menards to sort out some issues with our material delivery, the boys finished hanging the joists and started the fun part of making a floor.

I don't remember ordering this half-naked worker, but I guess I don't really have a problem with it. It looks like it's not hampering his productivity.

We did have one injury - our first for this project. If you look closely, the burn on Anil's thumb is a star shape. As it turns out, the screws can get very very hot!

At last, we can walk on the porch!

We did it!

And now back to the rest of our special vacation.