New Outdoor Cooking Patio

For several years, my BBQ area was a pop-up canopy over an area landscaped with small river rock with a walkway running around it and it worked okay for that purpose.  This rainy day shot is the only one I could find.

However, while I’m BBQing here or grilling on the deck,  Bev loves to sit with me and sip a glass of wine, which neither area is very conducive for.  She has wanted to build something more permanent for a couple of years and I’ve been dragging my feet until this happened - due to many years in the sun, a a few recent hail storms, and a big wind.

One day while shopping at Sam’s she called to advise she had bought two gazebos (internet shot below) and I needed to come pick them up – the foot dragging came to a screeching halt.

Like the dock ramp repair, we hired our contractor neighbor to handle the job, as he had the contacts for the various folks needed and could coordinate the effort.  What would have taken me months (or years) looked like this in a couple of weeks (would have been quicker with better weather).

We have some landscaping to do around the area, which is my main to-do while Bev lays around the Caribbean at the beach - she needed it.  Bev now has a place to be with me and we have an outdoor area at the house to entertain our BBQ customers and others.  I post again when it's all finished.

For those of you who may think we’ve won the lottery with all we’ve been doing lately, we’re just doing things we've been putting off, plus trying to make sure we enjoy our kids inheritance while we can - if we run out of money, we'll sell everything and move the motor home into a trailer park to live :-).

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

3/13 event date