So, my mom is bored and about to be moving away. She comes over to hang out and I've got very little of interest to offer her. Finally, desperate to get out, I suggest a trip to the fabric store. We are not even halfway down Wentworth Road when I've switched it to Home Depot. I had hammock structure in mind: Tensegrity Shade Structure.
I had priced out most everything I needed, except rope. The rope needs put it a little beyond my budget. So, time to brainstorm. My mother and I went back and forth with dozens of ideas, pulling out parts and supplies here and there, pricing new ideas, and all sorts of wonderful thoughtful goodness.
Then the golden moment happened. My mom touched back on my idea to build a pvc hammock stand (which was the idea that got me looking at the tensegrity structure). So we head over to the pvc isle, talking up how this is gonna work, and it happens. She starts looking at the poles and poles of PVC and is listening to how I tell her everything can made with PVC. "Oh, I'm starting to see" she says as the light of PVC-greatness turns on in her eyes.
We gathered up 3 poles of the 2 inch pvc and some rope and headed home. We set it all up and it almost worked... I think tomorrow, another good try, without bugs attacking us, will get it up and usable.