Wendy has been wanting a playset for the grandkids for some time now. She really wanted it at the beginning of this summer, but it took me a few months to get into the mindset of finding one. We looked at several options online, but the cost, the assembly, and the amount of time it took for shipping was discouraging. During the first week of August I started searching KSL Classifieds, and I began finding used playsets that were being sold cheap or even given away. I decided on Wednesday, August 13th, to drive down to Utah with Jeffrey to look at and load up a playset. Our first choice was a free one being offered in Salt Lake City, but before going to look at it we needed to pick up a U-Haul truck. After getting the truck we started towards the home where the playset was listed, and on the way the owner texted me that another person was looking at it and had decided to take it. We were only about 10 minutes away at that point. We immediately did a search on KSL Classifieds again and found another playset in Sandy being sold for $300. We drove to that home and met with the owner. We looked over the playset, and it was definitely worn and faded, although the slides and swings looked pretty good. I decided to purchase it and had to make a run to a nearby bank to get the cash. We took apart the slides and swings with the owners help. He and his wife were from Croatia, but they had lived in Utah for several years. His help was worth the money we paid. We kept the main playset together, and it barely fit into the U-Haul. It was getting dark by the time we left Salt Lake City. We stopped at Wendy's for a late dinner and returned home about 11:00 p.m. The following evening I called on Johnny McNabb and Austin Hoch and together with Jeffrey and I, the four of us were able to lift the playset from the truck and into our backyard. We have been working and painting on it for the last few weeks, and this Labor Day weekend the grandkids used it for the first time. They seemed to really enjoy it, and we enjoyed watching them. I still need to put the swing set together, and hopefully it will be ready before they return.
