The second day around brought high winds, high hopes and great accomplishments. Our neighbor Melanie Bastian was there to get us started and then we had several return appearances. Tom Scanlan could not let the staircase go and came back to get it "half way to heaven". Mark Spain and Dave Bogard did comeback tours and of course John Merkling was leading the way. Our ranks were joined by Donna Ellsworth and two father and son teams, Dennis and Brady Hansen and Gary and Scott Brown. Both were great. Mike Bailey is going to be very sore from crawling around on the decking for the loft and Joe Rutherford took a windblown ladder in the head for all of us. Eric Thorderson came by for lunch and stayed to hlep get the heavy stuff up on the roof. He was tall enough that he and Dennis could just hand the stuff up and we didn't need the lift. The Pichulo family came down with the whole gang and it was great to have a whole family down at the barn. It was great fun and we got the loft decking in, all the supplies loaded on the top and the brackets in place to lift the pony poles for the roof. All in all a very good weekend for the Merkling Barn. Thanks to all for your time, your talents and your friendship. Hopefully this is a place where you all will feel welcome to come back to.
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I had a really GREAT time.
It took me back to my younger years when I worked construction for my dad. If you have any days in the future where you need help... let me know and I'm there! Oh and the food was the best. Mike Bailey
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