Made some progress today in spite of the rain. First we rigged up tarps to deflect most of the rain, however, I was underneath the deck and ended up soaked. Oh well...no rain, no gain. We were able to pull of the section starboard and aft of the escape hatch. That was an effort as most of the threads were coated w/ paint. Rick and Travis removed many more bolts from the deck that will be removed next.
We put bolts thru the holes in some of the decking that was previously put down but not totally installed. We were able to add one more 2x2 before we ran out of time. I thank my wife, Ed, Brant, Rick, Mark from the board, and Travis for coming out and helping on the deck.
Used 1.5 cans of WASP killer to destroy 2 nests
...knocked 5 bogeys out of the air
...got stung once.
I'll be packin' next time
Photos:
1. Rick - acting like he is working
2. Ed and Brandt
3. Me, Brandt and Rick (notice who is working)
4. Travis
5. What we got removed today
6. New deck (left) and old deck (right)
I'm just kidding about #3. Everyone busted their rear today.
