Finished up the Care-a-vanner work.

Here is our crew of Care-a-Vanners. The gentleman on the right is Steve Zeman, who is the building supervisor. Similar to my last post I can list a batch of new construction experiences. The last 4 days we worked on siding at a new home. 

The outer white "stuff" on the window is called "J channel". I had the task of fitting and installing it on all of the windows of the house. It's purpose is to hide all of the ends and edges of the vinyl siding. When I finished with that, kind of a solo task, I worked with others putting the siding on. 

Dan attaching siding. 

The last few days of work flew by with several fun feasts. Carmen, who is the future owner of the home where we did the siding work, made 2 meals for us. She brought tacos for lunch Saturday and delivered pesole with toppings to us for dinner. Friday evening Steve invited us and a couple of his key local volunteers and their wives to his home for barbecue. We all brought side dishes and Steve cooked chicken, pork and brats. Mmmmm! They have an awesome yard and garden including ripe raspberries we picked to add to dessert! It was a fun evening getting to visit & get to know about each other's non-work life. Those conversations are when the "small world" discoveries happen. I think Tommie (one of the Care-a-Vanners) went to jr high with a guy who explored caves in Mexico with Steve back in the 70's. I discovered Rick, one of the local volunteers, has a nephew at Regis High in Stayton, Oregon, where my brother is the new principal. Yes it's a small small world. 

So anyway, it was a fun and satisfying couple weeks. Now we setting off to see the  country. Today we are traveling SE of IF along the Snake River. We are encountering several bicyclists on the road. I am pretty sure they are the crew of Bike and Builders who will spend the next couple days painting with Steve. We hope to find a cool mountain camp site within a couple hours of driving. Our destination tomorrow will be Lava Hot Springs. 

So long for now reader. jb