Things are still rattling along in my move to WY.
1. My brother Jon came out for a week to help me get started. Jon, and his wife Cathy, have been roaming the country in their RV and visiting and often helping friends and family with various projects. With his advice (and hectoring) I spent over $2K in tools and misc fittings to get one of the containers set up as a workshop that will make it possible to do much of the rest of the work on the property. While he was here we met the neighbor across the street, who happened to be a contractor.
Over the week we looked over the property several times and came up with a plan to set the two containers on a firm foundation and span them with roof trusses and put a fence across the southern end. This will allow us to put the trailer under the roof, between the containers. This should make the RV much more livable in a sheltered environment. The contractor is waiting for the Bldg Dept and a Engineer to define how to specifically to anchor the containers and what specific anchoring methods are needed for the trusses. The contractor has given me a preliminary estimate of $10-12K for the initial set-up.
I spent a hectic three weeks in Portland getting the condo cleaned out and prepping it for the work to get it ready to sell. I had initially planned to have 3 weeks getting it ready with the US Best Construction Co. beginning work around the end of August. What really happened was that Sal said that he could start on the 28th of JULY, if I could get the condo ready to be worked on. We started scrambling and managed to get the condo emptied and the work underway. They estimate that they should be done by as early as 28 August, certainly by the end of the month. The condo should go on the market a month earlier than expected!
I’m back in Casper, and we apparently have the engineering approvals, waiting on the Bldg Dept for permits and AT (Arland Taylor) should be ready to start work next week.
Right now I’m packing for a week long cruise with Jan & Mike on Carnival out of LA. I fly out tomorrow morning at 6am and get in to Long Beach airport at 9:11am. I’ve got my proof of vaccination (Go team J&J) and a negative COVID test from yesterday. I really do need a vacation.