Saturday was my day to work on haunt projects. Was all psyched up to do stuff, contacted a fellow haunter via email (since his phone number had been changed) to get together & talk haunt stuff & compare notes. I waited all day to hear from him, nada. So, Saturday ended up being my lazy day.

 But, Sunday would be different! I vowed to pickup haunt supplies & build my first big project today- a bridge of doom. Asked my nephew Jason (who is my main haunt helper for the maze) if he had plans or wanted to help? Said he was busy. Stopped at Tractor Supply's dumpster, several pallets were entertaining themselves in an almost empy container. The first one I spotted was 2 1/2 ft W x 9ft 11in L, perfect! A standard 3x3 wooden skid was laying next to it, also in great shape. Score!! I had planned on buying two 2x4's, several 2x2x8's, & using whatever pallet planks as the decking.

Went to Menards to check on a special order for a new front door, still not in. arg! Bought two boxes of screws, & the 2x2's from Menards. Went to Lowes for 20ft. of bulk plastic chain & a drill bit.

After a few other stops, I finally made it home with all my finds. Unloaded them all, grabbed the needed tools, & started taking the smaller pallet apart. I thought this was going to be a quick disassembly, wrong. Learned a valuable lesson today "taking apart pallets suck!" Not all the nails wanted to come out nice usuing a prybar. But, maybe it was because they weren't the standard nails. They had a twist at the bottom end of them. Grr!!

Finally got all the nails out, measured the planks & cut them to 2 1/2 ft L using a circular saw. Placed all the planks & even the short pieces on the bridge deck in place. Screwed half of the pilot holes through the plank pieces into the main supports. Then drove the screws into place. My battery died just as I was getting ready for the second half. Swapped out the battery with a "fully charged" battery. Yeah, right! The second battery didn't last as half as long as the first... Grr!! By then it was starting to get dark anyway. Had planned on working on it more but, was getting frustrated. Cleaned up & put everything away.

 I have pictures of the pallets, materials, etc. Just have to upload them on Monday.