This time the girls didn’t make it to the fort. They had various girl things to do. It has been a while since we’ve been to the fort. There had been lots of rain earlier in the year and that had kept us away, and, once things had dried out, Sam and Gracen reported that there was a lot of poison ivy around.
But we finally made it out and this time we brought implements of destruction with us. We added just a little bit to the walls and enough to the roof that you can, more or less, sort of tell that it has a roof. We think we need some cat tails or something to serve as thatch.
Probably the biggest accomplishment was removing a fairly large dead tree that was threatening the long-term stability of the whole fort endeavour. It’s nice to have a 10 year old around so that we can build forts again. Gracen suggested that we build showyourfort.com next.
When we got back from the fort, Lauren and I helped eat the meat and potatoes that Sam had been smoking . It was the least that we could do. We told the girls all of the things that had changed since the last time we were there as proof that someone else was using the fort, but they informed us that all of the “changes” were the same as last time.
Once it snows, you could pack all those gaps with snow and have an igloo with wood framing.
Capital idea!!
And for the record, my ‘girl thing’ was a two-hour nap.
My ‘girl thing’ was laundry. 🙁