Truss me...

Now that framing in the basement is finished and the stairs to the main floor are built, George and DJ turned their attention to getting the garage walls put up. This turned out to be somewhat of a challenge when the wind began gusting to 25mph. It's a good thing we were using a crane to support the walls while they were being fastened in place.

Note the very smoky conditions in the valley. This is caused by the huge Cascade Complex wildland fire burning about 40 miles to the northeast. Started by a lightning strike on July 6, it has to date burned a total of 287,809 acres and is only 30% contained.



In the middle of the installation, the truck with our truss package arrived. I always wondered how they unloaded those things, and now I know. If you look at the trailer, you will see that it has a series of large rollers its entire length. The driver simply unstrapped the load and drove forward. The bundle of trusses rolled right off the back of the trailer and onto the ground. Pretty neat.



This morning when I arrived at the shop, I was greeted by a small flock of turkeys. I called them back toward the truck, where one of the toms began to strut. After a few minutes of showing off, they all wandered off over the hill toward the creek (pronounced "crick" here in Idaho).