{"id":3460,"date":"2021-05-30T21:38:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T02:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/?page_id=3460"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:38:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T02:38:21","slug":"the-build","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/page-slider-title\/the-build\/","title":{"rendered":"The Build"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work in progress&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1982 my Dad decided it was time to build. He announced this by driving over to our house in a new pickup truck and indicated that we&#8217;d use the truck during construction and sleep in it while we built. Thankfully, we never slept in the back of the truck although it did have a truck cap, with screened opening windows. It probably would have been &#8220;OK&#8221;, sort of, for a short time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the accommodations turned out to be much more &#8220;deluxe&#8221; that the back of a 1\/2 ton truck. Somehow, my dad knew guy with a motorhome and was able to borrow (?) it for the summer. Not the most modern motorhome, but 26&#8242; of pretty luxurious accommodations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/big_dadoo\/50587513151\/in\/album-72157716830102606\/\" title=\"Cottage0020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50587513151_5a398e6d7f.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" alt=\"Cottage0020\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whenever the motorhome was a little too busy with other workers like Fred, Charlie and others I was able to bug out into my own private accommodations, a 9&#215;12 Woods tent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/big_dadoo\/50586761768\/in\/album-72157716830102606\/\" title=\"Cottage0003\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50586761768_850c8c59ce.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" alt=\"Cottage0003\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I miss that tent, we did a lot of camping back in the day and then lent it to a friend and never say the tent or the friend again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In about 6 weeks we went from a clearing <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/big_dadoo\/50587504271\/in\/album-72157716830102606\/\" title=\"Cottage0002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50587504271_d3896bbd98.jpg\" width=\"363\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Cottage0002\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To a two story, 2,000 sq ft framed in cottage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/big_dadoo\/50587636562\/in\/album-72157716830102606\/\" title=\"Cottage0023\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50587636562_2fb0dd5b76.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" alt=\"Cottage0023\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work in progress&#8230; In 1982 my Dad decided it was time to build. 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