Valdez Gold Rush Days

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This Monday was nice and sunny so we decided to take a little trek out behind the house to Mineral Creek. We made up a little picnic and headed out. We pulled in by the old bridge and took a little break from our busy lives.

The kids taking a minute to eat before they went off to explore.

Exploring

On the Old Bridge.

Michelle chasing Corey to make sure he does not run off the bridge into the silty stream.

Working on the Apartment

As we have become the managers of a local apartment complex we have been tasked with getting the carpeting replaced in our apartment. The former managers had a small dog with a very poor bladder, oh yes, she was a chain smoker as well. So needless to say the apartment really smelled.

To get new carpeting we have to have at least two quotes from local contractors. Well Valdez being a small town there are only two contractors that lay flooring professionally. One of which would never return our phone calls and even blew us off after I spoke with the owner personally. So we only had one quote to work with. The time frame for carpet was mid August so we decided to get laminate flooring and do it ourselves. It turned out quite well and we really are enjoying it.

In the entryway there was a piece of vinyl floor that sat about a 1/4 above the sub floor, and of Course it was glued and stapled down. (There had to have been 300 staples in the 3X3 area) So set my circular saw to a 1/4 inch and cut strips into the underlayment and vinyl. Then I used the Ice Chisel you see to scrape away the smaller pieces. It actually worked quite well.

Here I am in the hallway, the very last area we had to do. The entire Apartment took three days mostly working after I was done with my first job at the Visitors Bureau. The Fished Product looks pretty good (No Pics yet).