| | Nancy in an Inner Mongolian yurt in 1998. A premonition of good things to come? |
| | | Early siting work in April. Cinder blocks at 36 points make the foundation. |
| | | Leveling the cinderblocks across the yurt's 24' radius. |
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| | Roll it! Lattice prep on a sunny day. |
| | | Grimm, the legend, manages the project. |
| | | The yurt raising weekend! One crew worked on the platform's 18 modules. |
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| | Brian hammering it up! The modules, bolted together, will form a 24' circle. |
| | | Meanwhile, at the yurt site, a 2nd crew preps the yurts 42 rafters. We planed... |
| | | ... and then we drilled holes at one end... |
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| | ... and made notches at the other end for hooking into the tension cable. |
| | | | ... and watched them dry. |
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| | Later on, back at Paul and Joan's house, Liza... |
| | | ...Anna and Dana helped to prep the feast! |
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| | Adam and Rachel make yummy icecream. |
| | | | Sunday: The roof ring will sit on top of the yurt to hold the rafters in place. |
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| | Lou and Darin drill holes for the rafters... |
| | | ... it required precision drilling! |
| | | Dave cut 3" rods that will connect the rafter to the roof ring. |
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| | Hauling the modules from Paul and Joan's to the yurt site. |
| | | Lou and Lee starting to connect the lattice... |
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| | along with Felton, Maime, Brian and Dana. |
| | | The completed lattice is more than 75' long. |
| | | Everyone pitches in to tighten more than 600 bolts. |
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| | | Maime holds the plan for the platform. |
| | | Each of the 18 modules are bolted into place. |
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| | | The bolts are underneath the platform. |
| | | WOW! The platform is finished! |
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| | The compressed lattice is put on the platform for installation on another day. |
| | | The incredible crew at dusk! |
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