Deck Building 101

So, my son has decided that his rotting deck needed replacing.  He of course asked me for help and I was glad to do it…until I realized what he wanted.  Wow.  His “little” deck grew utterly gigantic somewhere on my trip between Portland and Seattle.  Its 36 feet wide, with a 16ft section of it sticking out 16ft…and the rest sticking out 10 feet.  What a job.  Luckily Terre’s dad flew out from PA to assist…couldn’t have done it with out him.  Man, I need a long, long nap/vacation.

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Sturgeon Fishing Trip!

Went out with my ‘boys’ on a fishing trip.  Went with Travis, Dave (my son by proxy) and Dave’s Dad (Dave Sr.) on a pretty amazing day.  Travis took me out on my birthday for what was supposed to be 8 hours of sturgeon fishing on the Columbia.  14 hours later the boat docked.  We landed 13 (Travis 6, Dave 3, Dave Sr. 2 and Jesse 2) but were only able to keep one (mine of course).  It weighed in at 26 lbs and 52 inches long.  These things are dinosaurs!

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