July 19th Monday - Tyrone, PA Hot and Humid
Lou and I were up early this morning and left for Preston and Susie’s by 7:30. We stopped in Wellsboro at Subway and tried one of their special order breakfast menu. We found their breakfast sandwich to be tasty; however, their coffee was not as good as McDonalds.
We traveled down Route 287 and found the drive very relaxing and enjoyable. Lou and I are both fascinated by the mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania and never fail to appreciate their beauty and solitude. I am always amazed at the many, many shades of green that we can see in our mountains in the summer. We were also to see that the farmers here also need rain for their crops. We noted that the huge fields of corn were rolled up, God’s way of helping the important grain to soak up any dew drops that might be available to the parched leaves.
We arrived at Preston’s house about 9;45 and found Preston already hard at work. We said hello to Susie and I changed into work clothes and we all went to work. We were impressed by what Preston already had done. The framing work was complete and by complete, I mean Complete!! He had stained all of the framing to preserve the pressure treated lumber, plus he had used something new to me, a special sealant tape that goes under all of the metal hardware to prevent caustic damage and then also applied to the top of all of the joices to make a moisture barrier.
Pres. Had designed his deck on the computer using two different colors of decking. It was to have two pieces of a redwood brown for an outside border and a beautiful mountain ash gray center as the primary color. This you can see from the pictures. We worked until noon and then enjoyed a wonderful lunch that Susie had prepared for us. We topped the lovely luncheon off with a desert of fresh blueberries and raspberries with a topping of whipped cream.
Susie had to leave before we had finished our lunch to conduct a walking tour of the city of Tyrone, so after lunch I cleaned up the dining room table and put things away as best I could in her immaculately kept kitchen. I then returned to the working crew. We all worked diligently the rest of the afternoon, having a really good time doing what needed to be done. We made a couple of goofs, but it was all dealt with in fun and we redid what we needed to fix and went on. Finally, about 6:15 we found what Preston said we had been looking for and that was the last screw to be put in. We had accomplished one tier of his three tier deck.
The three of us cleaned up the best we could and went to Stephanie’s newly purchased three story Victorian home and was I ever impressed with this purchase. The stained glass windows were breathtaking and the beautiful hard wood floors. It would be a dream come true for me. She gave us the grand tour from attic to the finished basement.
After the tour of Stephanie’s home we went to one of Preston’s favorite restaurant for dinner. I enjoyed a meal of liver and onions and Lou had a steak salad and we ended our meal by splitting a wonderful piece of Reese’s Peanut Butter pie. After hugs and kisses all around we said our goodbyes and we traveled route 220 back towards Wellsboro and a shower and a freshly made bed.
It was a day of hard work, but very enjoyable for Lou and I, it is always good to spend time with family and be able to do something to help them, as we have been recipients of Preston’s labors many times over.
This will continue to be a busy week and will try and keep everyone posted on our travels.
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