Moose COVID Build

[kmoose]

The time had finally come where I was done with tent city and dirty boats... Done with projects done in the rain, heat and sweat. And done with the Friday night fire drill getting the boat loaded when the weather breaks. So I drink a double margarita and wandered out into the back forty with a stick and a half ass plan. My goal was to lay out a building foot print large enough to back the boat in and maybe the lawn mower and still remain married.

That evening I pulled Mels wine to the front of the fridge and waited patiently until she fell for the bait. After the third Dixie cup of white zin made it down I decided to spring my plan on her and hope for a glimmer of alcohol induced approval. At first she remained unusually silent and I knew I was going to hear how we need to save for Audi’s college and our retirement. But to my surprise she stood up and said “Show me what we’re going to do!”. So out the door we went with my measuring wheel in hand to layout the proposed project.

Long story much shorter, Mel was really excited about the idea but had pretty long list of mutually agreed upon demands that to assure we were both happy long term.
1. I was to contract out all aspects of the build and only act in the supervisory/owner roll
2. Building must be large enough to house at least 2 boats, one large project in the 30’ range
3. Room enough for a general work area with overhead storage and organized tool storage
4. Office with a clean room for rods, tackle and dive gear
5. Fully insulated for the entire shop and A/C for the Office/tackle room
6. NO CHEAPING OUT FOR ANY REASON!

After I measured and drew up the plans I spent a full week looking at buildings, pricing and quantity. I ended up selecting a company five miles a way that fabricated there own truss systems and floor rails. All to coastal wind specs.
And away we went.... Land clearing first!