It's been a little while since I posted here, so I thought I'd show another project
I did down at the pond area.
I needed a spot to park a couple Kiddie Rides, so I asked a Friend if he thought an
umbrella type structure would look alright for the rides, and he said sure. Why not?..
So I picked up a couple I Beams from the scrape yard, welded them together, dug
and formed a hole, and cemented it in..
I'll write and show in segments. Appearantly the pic files are to big to send too many
at one time..

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Next, between my compact tractor and I, I got some of the metal
supports for the roof attached.
At this time I put in a sealed bid for a Global Monkey bars, and won,
so I started on that project, and left this project until the following Spring..

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Here we are the following Spring in May, and have the roof's
wood studs all on.

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Looks like I went quite a little ways before taking any other pics.
The roof's sheeting and shingles are all on..

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Next, I formed for the cement.

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Here's 3 Fellas I worked with that helped me rake and lay the
cement. I thought maybe there would be some uphill wheel
barreling, but the Cement Truck was able to climb up there,
which was a huge plus..
Oh yes, I wrapped the I beam before ordering the cement, but
didn't take any pics of that process..

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And the 2 kiddie Rides under their roof.
I now keep those 2 rides together with the 3 Horse Merry-go-Round.
The Merry-go-Round's pravillion blocks much more of the sun.
I now have a bench swing in this one. It's where I drink my nice Spring
and Summer days early morning coffee..

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And where the 2 Kiddie Rides are now.
I can't find a pic with the bench swing,
so I guess that's it for this project..

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Yes. Although I sealed them, I didn't want to take chances of
them fading and pealing. It happened to the 3 horses on the
Merry-go-Round the first time I painted them. I sealed them the
2nd time..

Hey Jim. I don't have much more room for any large projects,
but I'm sure I'll be doing some smaller ones. I'll report them here..

Although the zip line and wooden jungle gym was torn down, does
the park still have some vintage playground equipment? If so, I'd
like to see some pics sometime.
Yea, the Zip Line I might have to look into. It would absolutely get
used. There's one party ever year where half are Kids. They'd love it,
and I'm sure me too..

South Dakota! I wouldn't have mind seen a pic of that.
It was in a public area?
I still have the Loop the Loop in the upper garage.
You know what size legs it suppose to take. I thought
28.5" which may be accurate, but it puts it a couple
inches lower than the Gottlieb pins..

Not a big project this time, but certainly a little time consuming.
Last year a tree had to come down, and I asked a Friend if he thought welding chain links together
and displaying a flag inside and perching it up on the high trunk of the tree would long okay, and he
immediately said Yes! So last Fall I cut it around 15 ft. up. Last month I made the base and the chain
linked pole, and today I wire tied in the flag and Patronized the pond.
It is pretty side heavy, but with the help of the compact tractor, it went up fairly easy..

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Because it would be 10 years that my Neighbor's husband past away (boating accident),
last May she asked if it would be okay to have a memorial gathering down at the pond
on July 8th. It turned out to be a beautiful day and a nice gathering..

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Yes. All the playground equipment got used throughout the day, along with much paddle boating and swimming.
Kids had a great time. Campfire, marsh mellows, and smorgs at night..