July 21-24, 2007
Now we’re working on the downstairs porch columns that will support the upper level porch. We built the rebar cages in place and formed these columns with plywood. We’re using our cement mixer and mixing right on the lower level. We are hand carrying the 5 gallon buckets up the ladder. This is HARD WORK! EXHAUSTING! Luckily there were three of us, so we tag-teamed. One mixes, one pours, one does the bucket brigade. The bucket brigade gets the most exercise! A few of these days we needed a swim. One day we went to Francis after work. We went snorkeling through a huge mass of baitfish. Then the excitement began! We were right in the middle of the school watching jacks wildly attacking all around us. Add the seagulls that were trying to land on your head and it’s an amazingly exhilarating experience. After all that, we had a nice dinner at Paradiso.
