Saturday, Taylor climbed our American Elm tree and hung these two tire swings while Doug and I and Doug's sons, Jonathan, Nathan, and Josiah, helped as we could. Bayly watched. The rope is hemp, three quarters inch with a working load of eight-hundred plus pounds, the chain is rated for fifteen hundred, and all the hardware over seven hundred, so bring your piano--he can have a ride.
Two more swings wait to be hung, but they'll be in different trees and hung much lower. We have a swing for infants and another normal two-rope kind so we'll not need Taylor to hang them. Then next Spring we hope to hang a hammock and...
Tire-swing war absolutely will be permitted.
Thank you Taylor and Doug and Jonathan and Nathan and Josiah and Heather! (TB)
