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Kingston, WA      Our first stop in Kingston was the home of Ed Morgan and the "Fore Morward Training Center." (Thatıs like more forward, only bass-ackwards.) Ed really took a liking to our 12x16 Gambrel Mini-Barn design. He built his mini-barn 12x12 because in Kingston you don't need a permit if your structure is 144 sq/ft, or less.      Ed said the mini-barn was so cheap and easy to build that every time he got a new critter on the ranch he'd build another one.      Jeez....I mean this guy had these things all over the place!! Levi, the horse, had his own....      Pansy, the sweet little mini-burro who thought she was a dog, had her own....      Ed even had a "truss jig" permanently nailed down on his deck right outside the kitchen door, so if he felt like firin' off another mini-barn, he could do so immediately and with ease!!      ....and it's for just this reason that we presented Ed with the BarnPlans Compulsive Mini-Barn Builders Award of Excellence and Good Luck Horseshoe Barn thingy! Nice work, Ed....thanks for letting us stop by.      Our next stop in Kingston was around the corner and down the road about a mile and a half at the home of Ray Arnold, Washington State engineer. Ray met us at the road on his tractor and led us down the long gravel driveway to his home. He built this great looking 32x40 two story Gambrel Horse Barn back in 1999/2000.      As the story goes, Ray had gotten his first few trusses built and stood up when the building inspector stopped by for a visit. The inspector said, "You know, you need a Washington State engineer's stamp on those trusses." Ray, being familiar with the truss design and it's calculations, replied, "Well, I'm a Washington State engineer, my wife's a Washington State engineer and my father-in-law's a Washington State engineer." They stamped the plans, they built their barn and the rest is history! Ray now provides his seal to our truss design, should the need arise, to help other Washington State barn builders through the permitting process....what a guy!!      Ray's got an absolutely fabulous home in a secluded clearing in the woods. He uses his barn for a shop downstairs with stalls off to the side where he and his wife adopt, shelter and rehabilitate abused horses.      Upstairs in the full loft Penny, the dog, stands beside 200 bales of alfalfa hay stored for the horse project....talk about a floor load!      So, for all this, we bestow upon Ray Arnold, PE, the BarnPlans Engineer of the Year Humanitarian Horse Helper Good Luck Horseshoe Barn thingy! Nice finally meeting you, Ray.