I went in dutifully to the weld shop at ten, and all I got was a long sad face.

Come back at 1:30, said the Chief.

I’m writing this at 12:46, initially.

We’ll see shortly if the fourth time is the charm.

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Meanwhile, by last night, I had figured out that the annex room that is supposed to hang off the rooftop tent is not going to work for my situation. I won’t bore you with Why.

So I went looking for alternative solutions, and I think this is going to be the one, eventually:

ARB Deluxe Awning Room with Floor

I could buy and mount just the awning first, and then add the room if I still craved an annex.

I found this guy who even put a woodburner in one.

His YouTube. He has land now too, and although he’s very cagey about saying where it is, I’m pretty sure it’s in the far east outskirts of Prettytown. He’s dragged up a trailer and is living rough in that Apache County kind of way, which is delicious.

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Fourth time was. The rack is stacked.

They finished too late in the day to bolt and lock everything down properly. But I have two of the four holes drilled, and I think I can finally finish things off tomorrow. Fingers crossed, because I miss my peaceful sanctuary and I want to get back to it.