At our last update, the rough drywall had been completed and we were waiting for the roofers to come out and install the soffit and the metal roof. The wait for the roofers was longer than we expected, and we started on the stucco lathe before the soffit was installed. They finally started last week. It was worth the wait, as the soffit looks very nice. The soffit color is the same as the roof color.

This view is looking east, with the roof open and the soffit mostly installed. Clicking on an image will bring you to the gallery.

Here is an inside shot, looking northwest across the observatory toward the warm room. You can see how the soffit material wraps around the edge of the roof. Good looks and water tight too. The roof is not all the way open. Fully open there is no overhang of the observatory. This image is a Photoshop photomerge, so it has a couple of merge artifacts.

I was able to get up to the roof on the west side. This shot looks east over the lower roof. We painted the rails to match the roof color. The angle iron securing the movable roof is on both rails. There is a gap near the observatory to allow water to flow out and down rather than into the observatory. The wall above the lower roof will be covered with the metal soffit material. This is a photomerge with some artifacts.

Finally, there were some pretty lenticular clouds over Iron Spring and Beauty Mountains. I was able to get them in the background behind the observatory in this view looking southeast.

We are looking forward to lots of progress over the next several weeks. Drywall and lathe nailing inspection is planned for Tuesday, so the next step on exterior and interior finish will get started. And the roof should be complete this week.