It's Just a Trailer

So last Saturday my Grandpa Baughman came up to our house to get stage two of the trailer project going.  Richard is never around from April until the end of May (track season) and so it was just Grandpa and me there to work on the project.  We got started at about 9:00 am and began making a list of parts we would need to complete the job (admitting to ourselves that it wouldn't be a project without at least one trip back to the hardware store to buy something we forgot.)  We split up and planned to start the project around noon.  

When I got home he had already pulled the 3/4 in. plywood off the roof of his car by himself and had somehow managed to get the boards for the floor of the trailer cut and in place.  (I mention this detail because I hope I am still as strong and spry as he is when I am 80 something years old.)  

Not too far into the project he was unhappy with one of the cuts and said, "I have to remind myself, this is just a trailer."  For someone who has built shelves and such for a home it was probably hard to let his desire for perfection go.  Throughout the project that phrase kept creeping up, especially when he would hand the saw over to me.  Oops, well it is just a trailer right?!   Oh, that board is a little off.  It's just a trailer!  It doesn't have to look perfect to haul garbage and canoes.

About 5:00 in the evening we hit a wall (we had purchased the wrong type of hardware) and we both had to admit that the project would have to be completed another day.  We were both sore and tired and the kids were starting to show signs of neglect.  So, no doubt you will see yet another blog post in the future concerning a certain trailer.

I have to say that I had so much fun working with my grandpa again.  When I was younger I used to do projects with him and I loved it because he would patiently walk me though each step and never was cross when I didn't  do things right.   Overall, it was a great day and the only thing I regretted was not taking pictures during the project, especially at those "It's just a trailer" moments.