It is a beautiful fall day here in Yarrow, British Columbia! …and it might be raining a little bit, but our carpenters have started sheathing the roof and it won’t be long before the North Star is nice and dry!

As predicted, our carpenters have been busy in our absence! The North Star’s walls are going up and the stick roof is coming along nicely. The trusses are on order and should arrive any day. It’s exciting times at the Hazelnut Inn!

IAAPA’s 2018 Attractions Expo has come to a close and we are on our way home. We have enjoyed the warm weather and it has been great sharing our project so many wonderful people here in Florida but we are eager to get home again. Our carpenters have been busy in our absence and the North Star’s walls should be framed by the time our plane lands. 

We are having a great time here at the IAAPA show! There are people from all over the world here and so many interesting companies.

We are getting lots of compliments on the scale model and I love watching people’s jaws drop (they are literally gasping in amazement!) when we explain that it is a real hotel. We will be here for the rest of the week and then we will be coming home and getting back to making the Hazelnut Inn a reality. 

The Copper Crown’s bedroom tower roof is coming along nicely. The framework for the upper section is begun and it won’t be long before it is all ready to install!

The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions EXPO begins tomorrow. The Imagination Corporation display is all set up and ready to go, complete with the Hazelnut Inn model. The attendance of the show is expected to be more than forty thousand people (not a typo) over the next four days.