Clothes Drying Rack and Company for Lunch

Apex, NC.
68 deg. cloudy, no wind.
Forecast today = high temp. 83 deg. cloudy this morning with showers and t-storms this afternoon. 50% chance of rain. SW winds @ 5 to 10 mph.

Yesterday I received a comment from Jenny Johnson, http://elevenfootrv.blogspot.com/ (an RVing friend that lives in the Pacific Northwest), asking me to post a photo of the clothes drying rack that Jim made. Well, here are a couple of photos that I hope are sufficient.
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This first one, Jim took of it just laying on the picnic table. as you can see, he put a center cross bar in it to stop the ropes from warping the side pipes when heavy clothes are hung on it. It's really a very simple design, and one that Jim basically copied from others that he had seen in campgrounds. By making it 24" X 24", he was able to get it all out of one 10' piece of heavy duty plastic pipe, (they make one with a thinner pipe wall thickness), 4 elbows, 2 "T's" and some clothesline. Oh, I almost forgot the 2 "S" hooks that he used on the ends of the ropes to hold it in position. The whole thing, including a small can of glue, cost him less than $18. In the photo below, you can see how it is fastened to my ladder. He used 2 small bungee cords to fasten the bottom to a step, and the ropes with the "S" hooks to fasten the top to a step higher up.

By keeping the size fairly small, he is able to store in in my basement compartment, but it can be made larger if you have room.

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Not a whole lot happening around here. Jim and Linda have been going over to Mike and Gina's for awhile every evening, but other than that, not much else.

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Today, if the weather holds, Mike is going to bring the girls back out here for awhile. The plan is to get here early so they can eat about noon, and hopefully beat the showers and t-storms that are forecast for this afternoon. So far, the radar looks pretty good, but it's pretty early yet.
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Did you know that Apex got it's name because it is located at the highest point on a portion of the Chatham Railroad that ultimately extends between Richmond Virginia and Jacksonville Florida?