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The Shasta Valley Ranch farm was a wonderful road trip as-built session. As expected it was a grueling work flow for Nathan and me. No bad thing that we were so busy because the “night” life in the sad town of Yreka only seemed anything to miss after we spent a night hiding from the “meth’d out” truckers in the even sadder town of Weed. Our nights were spent working on our beds with the Olympics in the background and a three night stint at a local Diner which got progressively more awful each night we went.

The ranch house was a real treat to measure and draw. With a set of base plans from Chris I was able to put together a 3d model in two days whilst Nathan added all the details to the floor plan and built an electric plan. With Nate holding the extension cord we went deeper into a roof than I have ever been – using over 60’ of extension cord as I gathered the data for some intense section data. The 3d model was unnecessary in terms of the final deliverables but with the angled nature of the building I couldn’t resist in allowing the 3d tools to create my orthogonal elevation views for me.

The highlights of the trip are easy to recount. Firstly – nailing an awesome 3d model of this building. Secondly – eating lunch on the back patio in the winter sun looking across the valley at a view of the snow capped Mount Shasta (a view that looked like the valley had been created to provide the ranch with that view of the mountain). Thirdly – the end of the third day we took some beers and our guitars and sat on the back of a parked cattle train and had a jam session with the sun slowly fading behind the mountain…….it’s not all Work! Work! Work!……..oh yea and Shawn White really needs a mention for taking snowboarding to a new level (once again).

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