Monday, 13JUN, framing “package” delivered; the delivery forklift gets stuck twice & we had to pull it out with our 4x4 Toad. The sill plates on top of the foundation were installed before we departed property for the day.
14JUN, Tuesday morning arrive on scene to find floor joists mostly installed; one man framing crew continued with rim plate. He couldn’t go any further until county inspector finally showed-up. After inspection floor decking installed along with garage walls, again all by one person.
Thursday, 16JUN, house completely framed & outer walls sheathed; along with framing all interior walls. Meanwhile Corrie finds an exceptional deal (& we mean exceptional deal) on floor models of a high end washer & dryer. So now we have them long before the house is done! To celebrate we have burgers & shakes at King Charley’s, a roadside institution on State Road 9 near Snohomish.
17JUN, which we count as the 12th day of construction, we arrive later than normal to find roof trusses had been delivered & 75% already installed; by the end of the day the trusses are done & the roof sheathing is installed.
21JUN the shingle roofing is done & windows are delivered; 22JUN, Wednesday, the windows & sliding doors are installed.
Thursday, 23JUN day 16 of construction, the plumbers (2) arrive & do their thing.
Nothing much happens until 26JUN when the electric furnace, air handler, & ventilation ducting are installed in half a day.
Then there is another lull until Thursday, 30JUN, when three electricians (father & 2 sons) show up & complete 90% of the installation in one day. Meanwhile three exterior doors & the siding “package” are delivered.
During this entire time we have tried to be on site whenever a contractor is there. In addition, when there are no contractors on site we still spend many hours at the site cleaning up after the contractors, since they “are not paid” to clean-up after themselves. Some are better than others at making an attempt at picking up their trash; but others make absolutely no effort even though we have placed a full size garbage can on site!
Also during this period Dan departed from 20-23JUN, to Tempe, AZ, on business trip for NCBRT; leaving Corrie to deal with the roofing, windows & plumbing. Thankfully everything went well, even though she is fully capable of handling anything that arose. Since 26JUN, Sunday, was forecasted to be an above average & sunny day, we headed to Snoqualmie Falls Park to view the Falls. This was a very scenic drive along what we call the valley road through the small towns of Duvall, Carnation & Fall City. The Falls are the second most visited tourist site in WA state after Mt Rainier. Thanks to the record high snow levels in the Cascades that is now melting, the Falls were much more impressive than usual. Snoqualmie Falls is the site of the first underground hydroelectric facility in the USA & is still generating non-polluting energy after almost one hundred years.
Right next door to the Falls is the Salish Lodge which is famous for their food, especially their breakfasts! You almost always need reservations for breakfast/brunch on weekends but Dan’s opinion was – what do we have to lose by just walking in? They found us a table, but obviously not one overlooking the Falls. The one brunch/breakfast menu item that they are renowned for is their country breakfast. This is a multi-course meal that a normal person can not finish (check out their website for complete details). Back in the late 70s, Dan & five of his friends each ordered this meal & managed to finish it! Today it costs $34 & we were thinking of splitting it; but they wanted anther $20 to split it! We went with the eggs benedict & croque madame; both outstanding. As usual Dan asked for tabasco, & was handed the world’s smallest bottle!
http://www.snoqualmiefalls.com/ 
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At this rate you will be moving on to the sticks and bricks soon!
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