The team begins to converge!
Look! Bid Daddy Weave's Tour Bus is here!
Primitive facilities at the “Camp”
Our sleeping area
Monday Morning: Ready for anything!
Monday's House
The archeological dig through the layers of kitchen floor
Water Break!
Sweat.
Jake pulls moldy carpet
Look! ANOTHER kitchen floor!
Monday lunch
The Monday (and Thursday) House. Note the Cedar River through the back window.
The Cedar River from the back porch of the Monday House
Neighborhood dog
The Pile - mid-day Monday. It will grow. A lot.
The river flowed through here.
The pile gets bigger.
Monday afternoon: Day One ends in victory.
Tuesday Morning send-off
Rain gutter wrapped around a tree by the tornado
The Crew arrives at the “Tornado House”
Jake turning drywall into powder
And the gypsum dust goes flying!
A short break for Mallo
The back of the “Tornado House”
The house next door -- completely destroyed by the tornado
Friday's Project: The Shady Rest
The Shady Rest Motel
Tom and Jerry removed all the stoves and sinks
Nate and Rob clean up
Ariel and Mallo clean up.
I think the dust mask look is going to catch on.
Our Fearless Leader, Steve
Lunch Friday
Tom and Cathy (the Michiganders) having lunch
The stoves have been removed!
A “Kitchenette” after the kitchen has been removed.
Really, we all got along very well.
The Heartland Vineyard, Cedar Falls, Iowa