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                                    Recent Adventures - July 2010

                        We decided to visit friends and family for our annual summer vacation.
                       Our first stop was Colorado Springs, Colorado, to visit Paul and Suzanne.
  
 
                            
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                                                      Let's just say that there was work to be done when we arrived in Colorado. 
                The mother of all rainstorms washed out the fill at Paul and Suzanne's new house which was still under construction. 
                                         So Clada borrowed a pair of Paul's shoes and Suzanne's tee shirt and we went to work,
                                                        installing a city-mandated silt fence, which had to be installed ASAP.

 
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                            Did I mention that they have a 4-acre + lot???            There was over 500 feet of silt fence installed.

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                                                             Two silt fences had to be installed as well as two coffer dams. 

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We learned that tractors work great on flat surfaces, but you have to be very, very careful on soft soil on a hillside.  Chip only got the
tractor stuck once, when we were working on the silt fence.  Fortunately, we only had a "situation" that didn't become an "incident".

   
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               There were other important jobs to be done as well.                 Clada scarfed up some leftover stone for mosaic work.

 
     Col8  Paul helped the mason level the floor for the granite and marble flooring.

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   Clada and Suzanne took a day off and toured the Botanical Gardens for landscaping ideas.  Plants are expensive in Colorado!

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            Chip loved the tractor work.  He and Paul worked on positioning the rock, which will be used to prop up a sign. 

 It looks like all we did was work when we were in Colorado, but NOT TRUE.  We had great meals and a fun get together
                         with old friends, but we didn't take any pictures!  Oh well.  We will do better next time.
                       
                  Paul and Suzanne, it was great to see you and we look forward to seeing the house and vineyard completed!
           
                 

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