Chapter 29: Front Porches and Hard Drivin'
For the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Biloxi (which is the largest in the South besides Atlanta) Hands On built a float that sat on the back of a flatbed trailer that was in essence a scaled down "front porch" that we had a couple people sit on and anyone else who wanted to be in the parade could walk behind. Anyhow, afterward, the porch has sat near the back door of Hands On and as I found out that nothing was going to be done with it I asked if I could have it. I was told if I had some idea for it, I could have it, so at my abode out in the bike tent, I sawzalled out the "door" of the float and planted the planter box and it is now my front porch. I put it up on shipping palettes so that I would have a little step up and I must say it's pretty sweet. Here's a couple of pictures for readerdom...
Cutting the door
Chilling post-cut with Chandler on the new porch
In addition to fashioning my new porch I also had a chance to go out and see the second race of the season over at The Pub. I may watch it by myself, but Gordon won the pole and then went on to finish second so it was a great day for racing. Here's a view from my perch in the back of The Pub.
