Here is photographic evidence of the evolution of the Bonnie and Gary Vontz Backyard Playground Pavillion and Sandbox Annex at Chellgren/Hocevar Court.
The backyard after adding a backstop along the fenceline to hold in the dirt. The Fatman was intrumental in this phase of the operation
Steve Mothtertruckin' Chellgren and his bobcat level the surface and turn up more gravel than I would have believed possible. No wonder we could not grow anything but weeds in this area.
The frame around Chellgren/Hocevar court is in. Angel looks on with obvious pride.
Big G stands in C/HC and checks out the posts. There were some pretty serious cracks so we had to suspend operations for a day to call the company to ensure that this was normal. And that if we went ahead with the construction and it collapses at some point in the future they're willing to accept legal responsibility. It is and they are.
Two guys working with hammers and power tools while their supervisor looks on.
Phase one complete. Supervisor happy.
Phase two complete -- note the picnic table on the left. It's dope.
ODV takes slide for a test drive.
Phase three complete. In working condition. Phase four to follow: put down mulch or something to cover the gravel since the dirt/gravel surface is unforgiving. Phase five: world domination.
Much, much thanks to mom and dad for gifting the playset to the kids, Steve for coming in with the bobcat and Mark on a saturday, John for coming over on a hot August afternoon to put up the backstop, and, especially, dad again for donating a whole bunch of time and expertise this week to make sure we met the deadline of 5:00 yesterday for Owen's party. Which we did. By an hour and 13 minutes.
