The Tree Fort Blog

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Well, Monday marked the last day of the tree fort (the real one. not the blog). It was to the point where I didn’t feel safe climbing onto it, so I figured it was time to take it down. The only problem was that when it was put up, I had the old tree fort to stand on. The old tree fort wasn’t there to take it down, though. That made taking the newer tree fort down complicated. I decided to cut the all the sub-main supports, letting the tree fort rest on the one main support. That worked. I then cut the main support letting the tree fort fall to the ground. That didn’t work. The tree fort fell alright, but got hung up between a branch lower down and a rope that runs horizontal through the tree. So the tree fort was hanging in mid air where I couldn’t get it the rest of the way down safely. What’s more, is that it was in the way of my getting down. I decided to try pulling the tree fort off the rope by throwing the lariat around the fort and pulling. But first I had to get myself down. I made the longest stretch I could, and managed to get from one trunk to the other, where I could get down.

Pulling the fort off the rope didn’t work, so I decided to pull the rope out from under the fort. I got my grappling hook. That didn’t work either…

I had one more option. That was to push the tree fort off the branch of the tree. That option was a little more risky. It was possible that when the fort went off the branch, it would flip up and hit me. If that were to happen, I would go down with it… about 15 feet to the ground onto a bed of boards with nails in them.

Thankfully, the fort went down with no problem. And I made it to the ground in a safe manner.

A photoshopped picture by Hannah Miller featuring: Hannah Miller, Tyler Stembridge (me), and Tony DiMaria. We were facing off with some criminals in South America.

Rules:

1. Be brave and post the scariest picture you can find of yourself.
2. Tag one other person, more if you’d like but this is a dangerous game.
3. Go hide in your closet when your done.

Your turn Chad!
I think I’ll tag Domi and Tony, too!

I’m thinking about relocating and renaming the Tree Fort.

Two nights ago I went to the Chiefs game with some friends, and had a blast! One the way to the stadium, I was remembering the last time I had been to a ball game – ten years ago when I was 6. It was a Braves game, and we sat so far up in the stadium, that we had to use binoculars (Major League is expensive). Last night, we sat just to the right of the Chief’s dugout, and on row four (Minor League isn’t expensive). We got to the stadium half way through the first game (It was a double-header. The schedule didn’t say that though. It only said the game was starting at 7:00). The Chiefs won that game, and the field was prepared for the second game, and they started playing. First inning was uneventful. Second inning was a different story. The Chiefs managed to bring in four runs, making all their fans cheer. The River Bandits (who the Chiefs were playing against) managed 3 runs in inning 4. Inning six got tense when the Bandits scored a home run, tying the points. Inning seven pulled in, and the Bandits struck out with no points added to the score board. Chiefs were batting. 2 outs. 2 strikes. HIT! The Chiefs won the game at the last minute.

I read an article this morning about a goat tower someone built. 5,000 bricks were made by hand for the tower, and it reaches 31 feet into the air! Read the article here!

Last night I had the opportunity of meeting Gavin MacLeod (Secrets of Jonathan Sperry). The first thing he said to me was, “Hi, I’m Gavin MacLeod. What’s your name? My goodness you are tall!”

It was neat to see him in real life, because he [i]was[/i] Jonathan Sperry – he was real. My Dad commented on how it is great to see those who he grew up watching on TV, now professing believers.