Sun setting over carton

The Lido deck gets a coat of primer. Stephanitely paints the carton by twilight.

It's gonna be a bowlful

This is what 80+ pillows shaped like cereal and stuffed into bags looks like.

Things are shaping up!

Framing the top half of the carton.

Moooooooore sanding.

A metal thing that looks like an owl.

Scavenging for paint among the ruins.

Constructing the carton

Finally some nice weather. And the first panels for the carton go up.

The space inside. The driver and navigator's bridge and proposed lounge.

The view of the bowl from the bridge.

All the lower panels are up and mostly secured.

Putting Milktropolis away for the night.

Working it Out in Our New Home

A banner day of sanding, fiberglassing, building, bondo-ing, and putting the pieces back together.

Getting busy in our new digs.

Making a mess. There's always more fiberglassing to be done. Or so it seems.

Building the carton floor. An 8 foot square room that will be our command center atop the cab of the truck.

Taking a break from sanding under the watchful eye of Officer Big Mac.

Forklift porn. Go Dave go.

Getting it lined up. Considering that it's been off the truck for many months it's amazing that it still fits.

Hot!

So long, cranky neighbors!

the rebirth canal

Woo hoo!

Special thanks to Jon's brother's friend for lending us the trailer.

The truck, er carton, came too.

This forklift is our new god.

Our Last Day in the Burbs

I guess the neighbors got sick of the sanding too. In a few days, the city would come knocking.

But not before we primed the carton panels

And made the perfect curve