The trusses are up!

The trusses arrive 10 minutes early as we're finishing breakfast. Yikes!

Our good friend, Mike Washek briefs the crew. After the brief, there was no confusion as to who was in charge or what would happen to the younger members if any of them walked under a truss that was being moved. Mike is a "retired" contractor. I don't think his wife was thrilled that he was going to be up in the trusses.

Setting and securing the first one was the most tense time of the day.

I wouldn't have wanted to try it without crane!

Our good friend Jeff Hoverson was a tremendous help. He was the last man standing at the end of the day.

Unfortunately, Sid was relegated to a supervisory role, having broken his wrist earlier in the week working on his own roof project.

Trevor hooks up the truss for lifting.

Mike looks really "retired", doesn't he?

And here's the finished product, ready for metal roofing.

Dad in his overalls, working hard as always. You can see his ongoing painting project in the background.

That's all for this week. We stacked and hauled straw bales with our friend, Kevin Forbes and his son Ethan today. I'm going to bed!