Yesterday Janet and I got to visit the site and see the developments.  It was amazing to see how far our team has come in a very short period of time.  They only poured the foundation a few weeks ago and now the framing is moving along quickly.  Our contractor, Tony Tharpe, and his team are working almost 7 days a week.  Here’s a selfie of the group before a tour of the barn.

Bad angle for me:/ But I wanted to show off our ceiling!  Looks great, huh?!

Tony gave us tour of the building and we could stand inside the rooms to get a good feel of the size of the space.  It’s huge!  You don’t realize what 13,000 square feet feels like until you are standing in it.  Here’s a shot of the building coming together.  You can see the Grande Ballroom taking shape.  The right side will be the grooms suite, catering kitchen and an office.

Then I got a stunning view of our namesake.  This beauty is about 100 years old.  The 7 prong Sycamore Tree is but rare and good luck!

100 year old grande ballroom

100 year old 7 prong Sycamore TreeNext we took a tour of our island and lake.  You have to imagine that pile of dirt will very soon be a manicured island with a gorgeous wood and stone bridge connecting guests to the the island.  This is just a shot of the island the lake will continue around to the right.  The black is a liner is laid so our lake doesn’t leak.  Dirt will fill in the trenches you see all the way around so the liner doesn’t slide down.  Neat huh?