deck progress 2

Today, true to my threat, I went out and bought the missing piece. Lowes didn't have it, so I ended up visiting Crenshaw Lumber. They were very friendly, and the price I paid made me wish I had placed my large order there. Ah well.

With that done, I constructed the main frame, with only a couple of the joists, because I want to move it into place before it gets super heavy.

Actually it's super heavy now, and I don't really want to move it by myself. So I'm waiting for help for now.  Maybe we can get it roughly placed tonight, or maybe I'll have to start calling my brothers and bugging them.