Our Lost Crew

I get a call on Monday from our blogger Skandar. She is covering the Farmington crews. She tells me that she just cannot find the crew out on Randolph Rd. She looked and looked, but nowhere to be found. So, being the directional genius that I am, I told her that I would head that way and continue the search.

Toward the end of the first day of work, I found them. Their site was pretty far out of town. But they couldn't hide from me. So, with the mystery solved, we began getting to know them a little.

Crew Name: Knot Heads (some of which were shown in a picture in an earlier post)
Job: Roofing
Crew Chief: Tim
Most Exciting Time (according to crew members): Lunch

By the time that we actually got to this site on Monday, they were already working hard and getting a lot done. One side of the roof had already been stripped and they had started putting it back on. Since they were already hard at work and trying to finish up for the afternoon, we didn't get to visit to much. I visited with the homeowners and looked around at their beautiful property. I did watch out though when I would hear someone from on top of the roof holler, "Fire in the hole!" Then a hammer or other tool would hit the ground. Maybe that is where they got their name, Knot Heads..... Someone wasn't paying attention when a hammer was dropped.

Since we didn't get to spend much time with these guys (and I was the only one who could track them down), we decided to make them our first stop on Tuesday. This time they were easier to find. And their favorite time was just wrapping up. The Fredericktown group was just putting up the lunch food and getting ready to leave.

I was told from the crew that things were going pretty well, except it seemed like every time they started doing something, they would keep finding other things that need replaced. As I went around to the back of the house, I found a small group working hard to pick up the shingles that had just recently been stripped off that side of the house. I got to talk a little with a few of them, including Jonas and Amber, both from Celeste, Roberta from Buffalo, and Allison from Edwardsville (who for some reason seemed to think I was the Pilsbury Dough Boy).

Something I did learn while I was there was to watch out for doggy land mines. Before we left, we had to do a shoe check because we found one with a foot print in it (and it was not an animal print). Well, Allie is going to try to find the site again tomorrow. I think she can do it this time! Until we meet again.........