Getting this workspace space ready

One thing we really wanted was a boat that we could work on at home. First of all, not having to pay dock fees or storage fees is a great way to save money, but also, the amount of time we have to work on this is somewhat limited by sunlight, work and available time. So not having to haul tools somewhere else, and set things up just to waste time with all that, we wanted to work on it in our own back yard.  But we had a situation ---

The cypress trees. We actually had 3 of them there at one time (when we first bought the house), but when we built our little Stardust vardo, we cut one down.  These trees provide shade, which was nice, but every other quality about them was not good. They continually drop crap all over the yard and anything placed underneath, they restrict the light coming to our solar panels, and they are causing problems with the concrete. We didn't want to park our boat underneath them only to have to continuously clean the whole thing on a weekly basis. Dale's been campaigning to get rid of these trees ever since we bought the house, so now he's thrill they're gone.

This is how it looked when we bought the house ---

they were so overgrown!

Then we had the first one taken down about 7 years ago, and trimmed back the others.

So this was a VAST improvement.  But then we were left with 2 more.....

Before.......

During.......

and 

AFTER!

now it's ready for a boat!

It surprised me that Dale went ahead and backed the boat in right away, without waiting for me to "help" guide him in. Hmmm...probably on purpose.  But now, we have our boat pulled in, and all our tools at hand!

Sanded, holes plugged, primed and ready for a coat of paint!