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Some pics from the old general store that someone bought out and turned into a restaurant/market. First customer?

Eight miles away and I drive by it every day. They did a really nice job remodeling/refurbishing, including redoing the hardwood floors. Lots of stylish decor. Might have someone in the corner strumming on a guitar on Fri nights. A lot of posts mention "fresh veggies". Probably not fresh as in harvested that morning fresh. On the other hand, for all I know, they could be avid gardeners with their own high tunnel. They could be buying from the one grocery store that sells this much variety or some specialty supplier out of St Louis. Some people call fresh frozen - fresh.

Facebook post: We’ll be cooking delicious breakfast until 11am and then for lunch we have Veggie soup (alpha-gal friendly) and all the usual, tasty lunch items!"

I'm guessing someone has the Alpha Gal allergy like I do. Probably whoever is the soup fan.

I had steak last night which was dicey because I found a Lone Star tick latched onto the back of my leg the other day which is what triggers the allergy. Didn't wake up with the hives though so I guess the tick was too small or just didn't have whatever it is that triggers it. That reminds me, I need to lay down the Sevin granules. That and burn on the other side of the tunnel area and keep it mowed short all around it.

Speaking of tunnel, I'm going to work now.

Cut the swagged end off a 21' top rail which gave me 20'-9" leftover and I got 4 pieces 62" long from that. That gets me real close to the center of each arch and kinda close to 1/3 of the way in from each end of the horizontal truss chord. Put the end caps on those 4 pieces and it started raining. Rain let up a short time ago so I got two braces attached to the outer frame with the bottom end being held in place by resting on a couple of clamps.

These angled braces are not for a snow load. I would need a vertical up the middle and the angled pieces also going to the middle for that, just like wood trusses are designed. I just need to be able to hang vine plants from above and the top rail pipe needs bracing for that, else it would bend down. The middle gap between the angled pieces is shorter than each end gap but I'm more apt to be hanging plants down the middle and growing shorter stuff on the sides. It will work and this top rail @ $30 a length adds up quick. Not sure what will run lengthwise to actually hang from. Might be high tensile fence wire. I will need a couple lengthwise pieces to keep the spread of the cross pieces, just like I need a ridge beam and two purlins to keep the spread of the outer frame.