Sat, 10 Nov 2007

Big Machines…
It was a cloudy, cool, dizzily morning but the drizzle finally let up about the time Robert was really ready to run around some — it was clearly time to get out of the house. We started out with a trip by the train station to see some trains, but there weren’t any people waiting and no trains scheduled for a bit.

We saw a crane a couple blocks away and started to head that way when we were distracted by the cherry pickers on King Street. It’s time to hang and test the Christmas lights, I think. So we headed down to check that out. But as we got closer, we saw the front loader/backhoe just a block further down King Street. They were putting a new yellow pipe into the trench in the middle of the road (conveniently in front of the muffin and bagel store).

After they took a break to extend the pipe (“Big Daddy” had turned off his front loader/backhoe), we headed off in search of the crane. They were doing some work on the crane itself when we showed up, then they picked up a people basket and I thought that was an extravagant way to get on the roof or maybe clean the windows. But it turns out that the Embassy Suites is getting a new sign that faces Duke Street. That’s what the crane was for — they needed to get some guys up there to drill some holes in the side of the building before attaching the new sign.

After all the excitement, it was clearly time for a nap…

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