Wow that's pretty

Hate to see you driven from Grifftopia but you an Pete are smart, and know what's best for you.
I'm sure you'll get Benny's approval before making a decision. LoL He'd happily follow you to the ends of the earth.

Camped at the new place this weekend. As rugged and beautiful a property as we remembered.

A few more images...






 

I love seeing picnic table designs.  And yours look good.  Looks like only the legs in contact with the ground are treated.  Some of the bracing is interesting.  What are those small pieces next to the lower bolt holes on the legs?  They must do something.  Actually, thinking about it, those must be there so you don't rip your skin on the bolts when you sit carelessly at the table wearing shorts. That's a nice detail.  I haven't seen that before.  You pre-cut everything before hiking the lumber up there?

Yesterday I spent a bit of the afternoon scraping and priming a picnic table I built 20 years ago, so I've recently been closely examining picnic table design.

Nice new place you have there

the 20 year one has been outside the whole time but made 100% out of the old pressure treated formulation.  So the paint is actually pretty important as a barrier for your skin, and we usually put a table cloth on it if we are using it.

Truth is, we don't use it much.  It's more pleasant to sit in a lawn chair with a plate on your lap, unless it's a more formal meal, and then we are more likely to be inside.  It's nice to look at though.

My grandfather used to weatherproof his garden fences with sump oil from his car. Summers in his garden had a very specific fragrance.

A couple more happy place shots:

Dammit, I knew that and thought about it when I saw that pic!

But couldn't think of the phrase.

I'm noticing that part getting worse, the can't-find-the-word part of it...

I built a larger twin to your table in redwood (this area, you know).  Seats six on a side.
Outdoors but undercover; just needs fastener tightening every couple of years.
My own plans, pretty much without references.  There must be a table design in human DNA.
I used acorn nuts to cover leg-gouging exposed threads.
Boy, that free running river sure looks good to this drought dweller.

Yeah, it's a short stretch of the Boquet River. The section in the upper left of this pic. It's a long way from our approved site but we can build a lean to down there if we want. Our approved site is the red loop off the road.


You can see they peeled off some funny shaped properties for relatives over the years. Besides our place, there is an approved site for that red thumb extending from the river.

Yeah, that's right. We can apply for other locations and actually have passed perk tests elsewhere. The area in red actually makes good sense though. The Adirondack Park Agency is the governing authority on this, the town doesn't care what we do. The APA is mostly concerned about run off impacting the river, tree removal, and tall buildings which impact the regional ascetic. They are reportedly pretty easy to deal with right now because Cuomo is more pro-development than previous governors.