Town of Springdale

 

I designed this, gathered the boulders, the steel and stone and poured the footings. Then I took it all the pieces to the town yard, and Joe French and Eddie Zabonic cut the stones to size. Then we set the boulder base. Then we came back and assembled the stones quickly without slowing down traffic, which was a concern. Eddie ran the excavator while Joe and Josh Hagen set the stones. l drove the truck and trailer and helped set. The real test came when we set the metal piece last and it turned out to be perfectly level. Not easy to do.

I've been busy lately mostly in Zion National Park and staying close to home. 

I could retire, but where's the fun in that? 

It's a great way to live and make a contribution working in cooperation with people.

 
 

Comfort Station Zion National Park

I usually don't do block work, but I did this one. Dan, Roy, Joe and I put this up and it turned out just right.

Bryce National Park

Joe , Roy and I  added pointy topped capstone to the columns and built a stone wall at inspiration point.

Zion entrance station

This was a tough project. Nasty weather and crowded job site added to problems. It looks good though.

Springdale, Utah

Just finished building this new sign for the new highway project in Sprindale, Utah. We are working with Sunroc on this one.

Whitewater Dory

I got tired of bailing the rear footwell in the dory. Seems like it's always unoccupied. So I welded in a floor and some drain pipe. I used a small hatch so I can store things down there like beer or drinks or whatever. I added a piece of hose, painted it and there you are! No more bailing the back footwell! I like this so well I just might have to do the front footwell too.

Whiterwater Dory

This was an interesting project. I put ash gunnels on the dory. Looks good I think!

Great Basin National Park

 Here we are setting up to build a small wall.

 This is one of the completed retaining walls.

Here is another one finished. We built eight stone walls in the upper Lehman Campground in the Great Basin National Park. This was a great project! This is a beautiful place to work in the summer.

Bryce Canyon National Park

The folks at Bryce wanted to upgrade some old entrance signs.  I built these for them with the help of Brad Quinn who supplied the stone. They don't have the lettering on them yet in these pictures but they will soon. Look for these on your way to and from Tropic Utah.

Zion National Park

The folks at Zion National park wanted a new sign.  I put this together for them. We used bigger stones to give it an old school look from the 1930's.

Whitewater Dory in Westwater canyon

Mike Harris and I took the whitewater dory, the Devils Slide through Westwater Canyon of the Colorado river in June. The water was running at 16,000 CFS. The dory made it through and made it look easy! This is a great boat!

Trying out the new dory.

And here we are on the Yampa river trying out the new dory. Very nice!

Whitewater Dory

 I took the old carpet off which turned out to be a big project. It just would not work here in the southwest because the rivers we run here are muddy sometimes.

                                          Filled in pop rivet holes.

                                                          Put on a new eyelet.

                                                             Took off this eyelet

                                                         and put this one on.

                                         I built his adjustable foot brace.

                          Sanded down the boat, etched it and treated it with alodine.

                    Then I got my old friend Allis  Chalmers  to help me turn her over

                                              This is how I turn my boats over.

And this is how she turned out. She is named after a rapid covered over by Lake Mead.