If feels like I just finished work for the summer yesterday. \u00a0I don’t know where the summer has gone. \u00a0It has been a busy summer so far. \u00a0We built a new dock this one happens to float. \u00a0It turned out nicely. \u00a0Jesse worked up all the plans in Solid Works which is just amazing. \u00a0With those plans, we had exactly what we needed for not only lumber, but down to the very last screw. \u00a0How many of you can say that about your building projects. \u00a0Anyway we took a day to build the frames, and then I spend a couple days digging out the foundation for where it anchors into the shoreline. \u00a0Then a few 55 gallon blue plastic drums and some decking we had some floating docks. \u00a0We bought some galvanized pipes and with some help from Greg at work we were able to get some augers installed on the ends of them that just burrowed their way down into the lake bottom. \u00a0It was really amazing how well they screwed in. \u00a0With some mounting hardware they were attached to the dock and now we have a secure floating dock. \u00a0All thats left for that project is figuring out what to do when winter comes. \u00a0Do we pull it out, or let it deal with the harsh effects of thick lake ice?<\/p>\n
The other big project of the spring was a new roof for our house. \u00a0We decided to put a metal roof on instead of shingles in hopes that the snow will shed during the winter which should prevent those pesky ice damns. \u00a0Also there is the hope that it will last longer than a shingled roof. \u00a0Either way with the help of Glenn, Jim, and Jesse we were able to remove all the old shingles, and tear off the flat portion of the roof. \u00a0After a lot of figuring, and plenty of lumber we were able to create a new sloped roof line over the gutted existing flat roof. \u00a0With all that taken care of and a fresh layer of ice guard, and tar paper laid down we began the process of putting on the new metal. \u00a0Our roof is so funky we ended up with nine different lengths of metal. \u00a0It was a bit of a process, but the roof is now covered and keeping the water out. \u00a0We still need to do some trim work to really finish things off, but we have been so busy, that hasn’t happened yet.<\/p>\n
Besides all the changes around the house, Erin has been working on her Masters and doing an amazing job of juggling that along with everything else in her life. \u00a0I don’t know how she does it so gracefully. \u00a0We have been enjoying the summer and have been out on the motorcycle and the sail boat. \u00a0It sure is nice to get out in the fresh air.<\/p>\n
I have also been working on getting my private pilots license. \u00a0It has been fun learning to fly with my dad who has license to be a certified flight instructor (CFI). \u00a0We have been using a friends airplane for the lessons and it really has been amazing. \u00a0It is fun to get up and see this land from the air. \u00a0Looking over lake vermilion and the surroundings I drive through on a daily basis is really cool. \u00a0If you’d like to keep up with my flight training you can follow that over on www.iflymn.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Erin and I are about to head down to the cities this weekend for a Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney concert at Target Field. \u00a0We are really looking forward to not only the concert, but also getting to spend some time together. \u00a0It seems like we have been going non stop for the last few weeks. \u00a0Crazy how summer can be like that.<\/p>\n I hope you all are having a nice summer. \u00a0If you have to work, I hope you get the opportunity to relax and enjoy the warm weather. \u00a0Take some time to relax with the ones you love and don’t let time fly by as it can so easily do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If feels like I just finished work for the summer yesterday. \u00a0I don’t know where the summer has gone. \u00a0It has been a busy summer so far. \u00a0We built a new dock this one happens to float. \u00a0It turned out nicely. \u00a0Jesse worked up all the plans in Solid Works which is just amazing. \u00a0With […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,195,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minnesota","category-sailing","category-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/bill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/bill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/bill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/bill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/bill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/bill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/bill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/bill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/bill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/bill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}