Trestle Work

Last fall I wrote about a fire that destroyed the trestle that spanned the inlet, over which Matt daily rode his bike to work.  Well, the comunity rallied and donated enough money to rebuild the burned-out section.  As the professional contractors finished the structural repairs, Comunity volunteers (including some from Tesoro) have been helping to finish up the work.  Matt has spent several evenings out on the bridge.  Last week he took Dallin and Jillian with him.  They were helpful and had a good time.  They were happy to feel a part of the comunity project.  In the top picture, you can see the small space that is left to complete.  Matt and the kids will be out there on Monday, and Tuesday.  I think Matt plans to ride his bike to work on Wednesday!  Hooray! 

One of Matt's Tesoro co-workers drove the kids out to the bridge in the back of this vehicle.  It was an "exploring Africa" style car.  Old. Manual everything. No seatbelts.  Dallin was fascinated with it and has now done enough research on those kinds of cars to write a 50 page term paper.  Although, instead of writing the 50 pages, he has been orating them to me every chance he can get.  He is positive that this is THE car that he needs as soon as he can drive.