Much to my surprise, my Amazon order was waiting for me when I got home last night - two days ahead of the projected delivery time. I'm certainly not going to complain about that. The tin whistle book is pretty much a collection of most of the stuff that I want to learn to play that isn't in any of the books I have already (other, of course, than "March of Cambreadth" - I need to break down and shell out the small fortune for the complete Heather Alexander songbook), and I finally have "The New Gypsy Caravan". The obsessive planning can now commence at full throttle...
Looking over the diagrams and assembly instructions, it looks like the basic construction isn't going to be terribly difficult. I'll have to be very, very careful with measurements but that's a good idea with any sort of project. It occurred to me that, especially with the lack of response to my email to Mr. Lemke a couple of weeks ago, that I should look into local options for having the complicated bits (the end panels and bed frame parts, mostly)fabricated; that could work out to less than buying the kit, and would avoid the no doubt very high cost of having the kit shipped. I'll start looking into that Monday.
On another happy note, my search for a trailer may be finished. Tractor Supply sells exactly the kind of bare-bones 4x8 that I need for $350 - a nice bit lower than I'd been expecting. It doesn't have side rails, which are apparently more useful for the vardo than I'd expected, but I'd imagine I can more than compensate for that with the help of a local welding shop. I'm starting to think that I may be able to do this (exclusive of the decadent interior and the battery system I'm considering for interior mock-period lanterns and a fan) for under $1000. Can you tell that I'm getting even more excited about this??
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