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Step 5November 13, 2009 - Friday
Today is Friday and I don't have any school today :D
I decided to stay home when my mom and sister went to go shopping. During this whole time, I forgot about my kayak in the patio and I just rested most of the time. I got up to watch some TV and to eat some food, but I didn't go outside because I said that it was just "too hot". So there I was, sitting on the couch, watching TV, then I remembered to feed the dogs and there it was, my kayak waiting for me. So after I ate my lunch, I set off to work on the kayak.
Because I didn't have the sail anymore, I needed to build a paddle. The paddle was made out of plywood we had leftover from a project and I used a dowel for the handle. I drilled holes in the sides and I used zip-ties to hold the two together.
Because we had more chicken wire, I decided to make the "hull" bigger. I measured a little over the bottom of the kayak so that the space could expand with the bottles. I started to work on that when my mother and sister came home. After we got all the items and put them into the house, I went back on working on the kayak. Finally, my mom helped me put the bottles in the kayak and my sister just watched. After we finished, I didn't think that it would hold me up anymore, soo what did we do? We added another layer of chicken wire and water bottles. In the middle of the kayak, we added some local trees (they're more like weeds than trees; they're like weed trees xD) to the bottom to make it hydrodynamic and all. Finally, we really finished our kayak but I wasn't that proud anymore. I wanted to build something on the kayak without anyone's help. As I slept, I thought of what I was going to make...
Note: My mom asked me what was the kayak called and I answered with "This wonderful piece of art would be called Hunk o' Junk."
I decided to stay home when my mom and sister went to go shopping. During this whole time, I forgot about my kayak in the patio and I just rested most of the time. I got up to watch some TV and to eat some food, but I didn't go outside because I said that it was just "too hot". So there I was, sitting on the couch, watching TV, then I remembered to feed the dogs and there it was, my kayak waiting for me. So after I ate my lunch, I set off to work on the kayak.
Because I didn't have the sail anymore, I needed to build a paddle. The paddle was made out of plywood we had leftover from a project and I used a dowel for the handle. I drilled holes in the sides and I used zip-ties to hold the two together.
Because we had more chicken wire, I decided to make the "hull" bigger. I measured a little over the bottom of the kayak so that the space could expand with the bottles. I started to work on that when my mother and sister came home. After we got all the items and put them into the house, I went back on working on the kayak. Finally, my mom helped me put the bottles in the kayak and my sister just watched. After we finished, I didn't think that it would hold me up anymore, soo what did we do? We added another layer of chicken wire and water bottles. In the middle of the kayak, we added some local trees (they're more like weeds than trees; they're like weed trees xD) to the bottom to make it hydrodynamic and all. Finally, we really finished our kayak but I wasn't that proud anymore. I wanted to build something on the kayak without anyone's help. As I slept, I thought of what I was going to make...
Note: My mom asked me what was the kayak called and I answered with "This wonderful piece of art would be called Hunk o' Junk."
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Jun 27, 2011. 1:01 AMjsamson
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so much information of what your doing and all that
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