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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HDRA1" data-source="post: 1302228" data-attributes="member: 3807">Well i know  it has been a long few weeks  first getting the place for the memorial secured  working with Brian was such a pleasure. When i first asked about it  we were going to have it by the road and  we went and looked at it and it would have been right next to the old GMC flat bed to the right of the entrance. Then about a week went by and Brian calls me and says "we need to change the place of the monument  cause i am adding on to the property. So i drive back down to meet with Brian and Mike his contractor and friend.  As we are there these plans a layed out in front of me and there is  this 80' by 100' building he wants to make and off road museum, restrooms and showers for the camp ground area and some bungalow cabins for  campers if they wanted. so we walk back and there is this corner  that has a small wash behind it  that they can't use for parking so we all go over look at it and start coming up with a game plan.We all head inside and we are talking back and forth and i am sitting there sketching out the layout of the memorial , well it was the one you saw this past weekend  Brian looked at me and said that is so perfect. It will look great resting there  waiting for the families and friends to see . so i head out the door and head back to vegas i get home and start  making calls and talking with the board on my ideas but never fully exposing the idea  they knew i needed  materials but  not sure how it was going to be done  So i get my phone calls and e-mails done ask for some help here on the RDC forum and this is where it all comes together  the "familia"  of our community is the best  so i am going to personally thank everyone  for there help as i could not have done this all without them. So we get the first weekend over with all the ground is leveled and the some of the trees are planted  and part of the ribbon walkway is done. On wensday i get a call from brian  and he say "Lucas i have some bad news " my heart sinks i am thinking oh great someone is upset with what we are doing and all kinds of other things go through my head. and Brian says " well the rabbits really liked your shribs and they are all just twigs and branches now" i was like  ok  that is an easy fix. So my friend Snoddy and i pack up Wensday night. We get up early and head for Slash X get there unload and go to work and  get the monument loaded into it resting place.  We get as much work done as we can as we ran out of material. We see that Randy  Brians son had pulled up and we said lets go have a cold beer and give Randy a hard time, as we go towards the bar we see Black smoke on the highway and lots of it.  Randy says my parents are supposed to be on there way here so in panic he calls his dad no answer  he calls his mom no answer.  We bolt out the door  grabbing the water truck and  head up the road we get there  and we see Mrs. Lynn  getting attention  from a medic and we then see Brian being worked on he is talking and  doing ok  he see's Snoddy and smiles and clinches his fist and he tells him that Randy was here with us  he seemed much calmer after that. We all helped where we could  by redirecting traffic getting water onto the fire and  water for the people helping out. We see the helicopter take off with Brian and Mrs Lynn went of in the ambulance with Randy. I stood there in shock. We all loaded up and headed back to the ranch  brought randy's truck back. I start making phone calls  to the board and explain what is going on and to post up we might have some changes going on. And just before sunset  Ryan  Brian's middle son comes up and tells us his father passed, i was at a loss. He then said you guys keep going we will work through this  and we can go forward. We went back to the trailer  to have some dinner, i still was in shock. It truly took the wind out of snoddy and my sails. Brian ment a lot to me i remember meeting him and how we did meet.Friday rolls in  didn't sleep much  i walk outside and i see  Kevin Davis' guys from CLS landscape and Travis Bonner all there ready to help, right then i knew we had to finish cause that is what Brian wanted and i was not going to let anyone down.We came up with our game plan for the day. I headed into town to home depot with travis we got it all loaded up and got back the crew Kevin sent was top notch and busted but all of the trees they bought were planted and they were  watering them trimming them up and started unloading the truck they plain just kicked A s s. Lunch time rolls in Billy Worthing shows up with lunch for everyone and  starts finishing the fence while we were eating. i was getting updates all day long and call on how they could help Kim from Fast-Aid   Rick L Johnson  just to name a few  i am hearing from the Lynn family and getting updates   trying to put it all together.I had one more home depot run to do i just needed a little break to take it all in i got the last of the things needed. i see one thing i forgot to add to the memorial  an American  Flag. I remembered  that if i was going to have a flag up  i need to light it up i go grab one more light  for the flag and my phone rings. I am told  to go get a room air conditioner  from Billy  i am like what ok i will. So i ask no questions i load up and head back i see billy and he tells me there is a small chance that Mrs Lynn  will be  coming home and that the A/C unit on the travel trailer had gone out so we head over install that to. As the sun started to set   we turned on the tractor lights to install the last section of fence and add the last of the lights. so everyone got to see this on saturday and thank you so much for all the kind words  and making it a great event   here are who i needed to thank  Matt "shrek" Svatos  for getting me the heavy equipment needed for a week from Ahern Rentals Kevin Davis  of the Green Army  he sent four of his guys and four of the trees we planted from his company CLS landscaping Billy Worthing  one of my best friends  offered up labor  his trailer for us to camp out in  a home deopt card for anything we  needed  his company is Worthing's general services Mike "snoddy" Snodgrass  was with me everyday  from sun up to sundown running the backhoe  water truck  and helping with everything else Snoddy you are the man Larry Azett, Travis Bonner Tom Allen, Tim Murray, Shar Molaskis , Bryant Layton, Dan Novak, Rhonda Parkhouse, Tom, the family from barstow (i am so bad with names) but his daughter sequioa  and jorney</blockquote>

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