Saturday was a very productive day. We finished 15 Taylor floats (we built an example float the day before) and then proceeded to tie them to the piers at each host site. I had a lot of help and support from members of Troop 207, my family, and friends, as well as some host site volunteers. I would like to thank everyone who helped that day, especially given the weather conditions, and a special shout out to the Winch family and Ms. Hamed for putting all 256 hog rings on the wire mesh cages which, for those of you without experience with hog rings, is not an easy task. While the biggest single day of activity is behind me, the next 22 weeks will involve 11 maintenance days to check on the oysters and the floats. Stay tuned for more information on how to help with that aspect of the project!
Me demonstrating how to attach the hog rings
Chase Phillips, a new Tiger Cub, measuring out seed oysters into the grow-out bags
Heather Bruce (Mom) showing off one of the finished floats
Dan Cronin (Troop 207 Scoutmaster), Ryan Colston (Eagle Scout), and Blake Trevino (new Scout and long time Troop 207 Mascot) launch one of the Taylor floats.
So impressed with how your project is bringing the community together! Just awesome.
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