Today I was actually dumb-struck. At a complete loss for words. We (nine of us) all got together to paint the base coat on the last parapet, which is about a quarter of a mile long. Based upon the last couple of days, I figured that it would take us at least an entire day, maybe even go into two. But we finished the parapet in two hours. TWO HOURS! We were flying! Ahhhh, teamwork. What a joy.
So we took the rest of the day off, and we are going to take tomorrow off as well. Friday, however, we are getting in about 500 gallons of paint, so we have to offload it and then start on the retaining walls. Jonny and I have already done a couple of them, but witht he crowd we are expecting, I predict that we should have them done in a week, about the time the colors for the parapets arrive. Hopefully. I think. Maybe.
The afternoon off was relaxing. Some went shopping, Jonny went on a hike, some, like me, just hung out at the condos, reading, kickin' back, whatever. We had our usual catered dinner at 6pm, then tried to go to Winterfest, in downtown Gatlinburg. But wouldn't you know it, they shut down at 8pm! By the time we got there, we had about 10 minutes left to find a non-existent parking spot. Forget it! We went back, had a couple of beers, shot some pool, listened to some music, had a generally relaxing time.
Oh! And we got to meet another new member of the crew, all the way from Charlotte, NC. Everyone say "hi" to Melissa Terry, a recent graduate of USC, who is just now getting into murals. Maybe it's not too late to talk her out of it!
Like I said, day off tomorrow, so we'll see what it brings. What I would LIKE it to bring is some paint! But I'm thinkin' that's not happenin'.
Pix from today:
I don't think that we paid much atention to the speed limit signs. We were going 100 mph! And look at the size of this wall!
Really not too bad as far as working conditions. I mean, look at this! ON the other side of the wall, the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Absolutely beautiful.
Celebrating completion of Phase 1 - priming the parapets. We really couldn't shoot guns into the air, so I guess this is the best we could do. Still, all in all. very satisfying.
Celebrate, schmelebrate - we still got to clean the equipment. Here are some newbies taking a class in Spraying Rollers Cages 101.
Didn't really take Melissa long to get here from Charlotte, although she was running a bit late. Had a CD player installed in her new car. Was told it would take less than 30 minutes. Took over 3 hours. Welcome to my world.
Break time- literally. Kicking back after ahard day, Linda and Sherrie are giving us a marathon billiards demonstration. Say...aren't you supposed to put the balls INTO the holes??
We had to unscrew our cues on one side of the table because the wall got in theway. I still can't believe Jonny made this shot with that stupid little stick! Oh, did I mention that he was playing against me?
Had to show the boy how it was done. Actually, all of the games were really close. However, when it came down to the wire...Hey, Jonny...remember when John Daly missed that 3 foot putt against Tiger Woods a few weeks back?? Deja Vu, all over again.
So we took the rest of the day off, and we are going to take tomorrow off as well. Friday, however, we are getting in about 500 gallons of paint, so we have to offload it and then start on the retaining walls. Jonny and I have already done a couple of them, but witht he crowd we are expecting, I predict that we should have them done in a week, about the time the colors for the parapets arrive. Hopefully. I think. Maybe.
The afternoon off was relaxing. Some went shopping, Jonny went on a hike, some, like me, just hung out at the condos, reading, kickin' back, whatever. We had our usual catered dinner at 6pm, then tried to go to Winterfest, in downtown Gatlinburg. But wouldn't you know it, they shut down at 8pm! By the time we got there, we had about 10 minutes left to find a non-existent parking spot. Forget it! We went back, had a couple of beers, shot some pool, listened to some music, had a generally relaxing time.
Oh! And we got to meet another new member of the crew, all the way from Charlotte, NC. Everyone say "hi" to Melissa Terry, a recent graduate of USC, who is just now getting into murals. Maybe it's not too late to talk her out of it!
Like I said, day off tomorrow, so we'll see what it brings. What I would LIKE it to bring is some paint! But I'm thinkin' that's not happenin'.
Pix from today:
I don't think that we paid much atention to the speed limit signs. We were going 100 mph! And look at the size of this wall!
Really not too bad as far as working conditions. I mean, look at this! ON the other side of the wall, the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Absolutely beautiful.
Celebrating completion of Phase 1 - priming the parapets. We really couldn't shoot guns into the air, so I guess this is the best we could do. Still, all in all. very satisfying.
Celebrate, schmelebrate - we still got to clean the equipment. Here are some newbies taking a class in Spraying Rollers Cages 101.
Didn't really take Melissa long to get here from Charlotte, although she was running a bit late. Had a CD player installed in her new car. Was told it would take less than 30 minutes. Took over 3 hours. Welcome to my world.
Break time- literally. Kicking back after ahard day, Linda and Sherrie are giving us a marathon billiards demonstration. Say...aren't you supposed to put the balls INTO the holes??
We had to unscrew our cues on one side of the table because the wall got in theway. I still can't believe Jonny made this shot with that stupid little stick! Oh, did I mention that he was playing against me?
Had to show the boy how it was done. Actually, all of the games were really close. However, when it came down to the wire...Hey, Jonny...remember when John Daly missed that 3 foot putt against Tiger Woods a few weeks back?? Deja Vu, all over again.
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