honor (part 4)

the next step was to bend the circles and weld the pieces together. the base to the pole, the 1/2 circles to the pole, the pole to the tree top- prime, paint, seal and sign. the circles were quite an undertaking. after a few long distance calls to companies in the pole bending business, and a couple of trips to local muffler shops, i wasn't liking my options and napoleon came up with a way to do it himself.

inventiveness. this is only one of the reasons why i chose to work with this guy. more on that later.

i drove out to mason one last time, early on a saturday morning, for a final viewing before installing and to sign each of them. after all, or hopefully, these will be around for a long, long time...for many bikes to be locked to. the kid on his way to art school, the couple playing hooky, and the man with his little girl in the seat on the back.