The view of the barn site from the deck at the house

Looking at the barn site from the back yard

Getting closer to the barn site

Some of the lumber for the barn

Some of the supplies and equipment - note the two person auger

Kevin, from Baton Rouge came down to help with the barn

Another shot of the lumber

Looking at where we removed the barbwire fence for the barn

Getting the tractor in place to try to remove the tangelo tree

The tow strap we tried to use. It has a 35,000 lb test

The shade tent we set up for the hot days ahead

What's left of the tangelo tree.  We were sorry to see it go, but we have 32 other trees

The first post goes in

Cowboy Luke checking the level on a post

The first four posts are in on Friday evening.  We got seven in before dark

The posts in the morning light on Saturday morning

The posts and the auger we used to drill the post holes

Looking back at the posts from the citrus grove

Kevin and Patrick discussing their next task

All the posts are in

Getting the beams started

Running the beams along the front of the barn

Discussing the next steps for the back side of the barn

Still thinking

Joe working the saw

The beams are going in

The beams are all in

A long shot of the barn

Looking at the north end of the barn

Kevin and Patrick working on the rafters.  They're on rafter 3 of 27

Cowboy Luke and Steve working on plywood for the rafters

The beams after cutting off the tops of the posts

Still working on the rafters.  They're two 2"x6"x16' boards nailed together for a 20' rafter

The cows checking out the work on Sunday morning

Joe working to get the first rafter set

The first rafter is about in

The first rafter is in

Getting the second rafter in on the other end of the barn

Now moving the other rafters in place

We're about 2/3 of the way through the rafters

Another shot of the rafters

And another

Joe working on some finish work at the top of the posts

Looking back at the work from the grove

Just a few more rafters to go

A close up of the saw we used

Kevin taking a break for the camera

Cowboy Dan up on a beam after the final rafter was placed

Looking down the "inside" of the barn from the north end

The finish work around the post

Looking at the beams and rafters

Some barbwire fencing we cut back for the barn

Joe, Cowboy Luke and Kevin at the end of a hard weekend's work

Joe, Cowboy Luke, Kevin and Cowboy Dan at the end of a hard weekend's work

Looking at the building site on Monday

The barn with some of the stall walls in place

The moon through the rafters

Looking back at the barn from the citrus grove

Looking through the barn toward the house and deck

A longer shot of the deck through the barn