We’re getting a bit of a deluge this weekend, so progress outside of the house is paused. The upside of all of the water is that the river is twice as wide as it normally is, so it’s more visible. It’s also good to see the driveway holding up nicely.

The porch roof and a good portion of the house roof are on. The roof appears to be mood changing, as it looks like a different color depending on the angle. I’m assuming that the rain had some impact, causing the roof to be more reflective than normal, and it’s reflecting those ugly grey things that are up in the sky dropping water on us. I think those come from Pittsburgh. Here we call them “clouds”, even though up there its just called “sky”. In the sun, up close, or dry, the roof appears much darker.

I actually was glad it was raining because that meant I could definitively answer the question you’re all wondering: “Isn’t the metal roof really loud?”. Answer: No.

Don’t ask me to explain that, but I stood on the porch in the pouring rain and the roof didn’t make any noise. I was hoping for some sort of quiet ‘ting ting’, but nope, nothing. The metal that was sitting on the trailer was making noise, though. I could give you a made up answer about roof pitch and the angle of the raindrop, but I’ll let you ponder that one on your own.

Inside, we’ve entered the age of Ben Franklin. The snakes start nice and neat…

Then they head all over the house.   

The kitchen is all set with overhead lights, plugs for the range, microwave, dishwasher, and refrigerator. There’s also a number of plugs for the counter for the coffee maker, crepe maker, toaster, waffle maker, keurig, and whatever else someone could think to put there. If you looked closely or zoomed in really far, you could see the notes on the wall of where everything is going.

No, you’re not going blind. There was really no way you were going to be able to read anything in that picture. It’s there though!

There’s also wiring for smoke detectors.

Of course, the closet-turned-office needed a plug too. I’m glad the electrician thought of this, because I didn’t!

Outside, there’s 2 lights on the porch (one over head, and one next to the doors), and another next to the front door. There’s also a couple of outside outlets, one on the side porch and one on the front porch.

We stopped “downtown” again. It was a little quieter than normal due to the rain and leaf season coming to an end. We finally made it into the L&L Beanery. It’s in an old bank building and was really similar to Iron Bank in Columbus. The one thing that Iron Bank definitely did better was leveraging the giant vault in the middle of the store, which they turned into a conference room with comfy chairs that anyone can use. L&L had some pictures and other miscellaneous stuff for sale in there, but I think it was a missed opportunity. For the record, there is not a Starbucks in Blue Ridge.

The train was parked downtown today, which was unusual. it’s usually away when we’re there, so either it was running late or we were running early. We’ve never ridden the train, although apparently it’s a scenic ride..