Yucky Incessant Precipitation; "Please End!" Exclaimed!
MAY
forwards, backwards, sideways, upwards and downwards
Last year's May newsletter was #12;
This year's May newsletter is #21
MAY
ANA
YAM
MAY n. fifth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar
ANA n. a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular subject
YAM n. a plant having an edible root and no relevance whatsoever to this particular subject
Muddy And Yucky: Yurtlings Agonize Mightily
Messy, muddy, misty, moist: the month's rains were a major malediction, adversely affecting advances at YIPPEE-land! With only a few rain-free days, May was wet, wet, wet! Reminiscent of October, May's rains often came down heavily, persisted for days on end, and caused extensive flooding throughout the region. Thankfully, the bridge crossing Baker Brook held. Since YIPPEE-land and the Poocham rental house are both located on higher ground, neither was flooded. But, the construction site... Well, actually, the construction site didn't get flooded either. With steep terrain, having the land end up downhill is more the concern; especially as last year's excavation work had been finished too late to seed. Cassandra's ditch and erosion control work was put to the test before fully finished. A few banks experienced some washout and a couple areas will need to be reseeded. Otherwise, her work saved the sites and pipeline area from washout. C+C often listened nervously to what sounded like a raging river as the rains pounded saturated land and water rushed downhill.
Incessant rains mean soggy ground and frustration to C+C, who need to finish the footings before going much further on their buildings. Equipment rental plans were rescheduled once due to heavy rains. The next weekend, Chris proceeded despite a wet forecast. Rain was not overly heavy, but the intended boon from use of high powered auger and cement mixer did not happen. He and Jeremiah encountered assorted troubles and the disappointing progress led C+C to plan for finishing the footing work by hand.
Progress was also inhibited by major flight delays. Getting Chris to Houston and back for work wasn't easy, and took over 12hrs, each way, in the best of conditions. In May, return trips took even longer with Chris arriving home very early Fridays mornings, and once, late on Friday night. With only a few hours sleep after Chris got home, C+C found it difficult to adhere to their construction schedule.
The rains, for reasons unknown to C+C, made Cassandra's phone signal worse; it was nonexistent most of the month. Often, when calls did go through, the voice quality was terrible. Fortunately, data calls don't require a strong signal and Cassandra continued sending phone-cam pics to Chris.
Moose Attack, Yonder!
Moose are not attacking sort of creatures. But having a moose wander through land that has been recently dug, graded, seeded, and rained incessesantly upon, does feel rather attack-like. The imprints left by this moose were deep and larger than Cassandra's foot. The embankments destroyed by this moose were eventually fixed and reseeded, once the rains let up.
Missing Allergies, Yeah!
When it wasn't raining, Cassandra worked a lot on seeding. This involved grass seed, bales of hay and a heap of gratitude. Having been ferociously allergic to grass and hay most her life, Cassandra often felt slightly amazed to be working with grass seed and spreading out hay, with lots of particulates, but no allergic reactions at all. Yeah!
Malevolent! Assault! Yup, Yurtlings Are Miserable!
The Black Fly Assault. It never lets up. Its impeding Cassandra's outdoor work in a major way. The one lotion that actually does prevent them biting is also one that makes Cassandra ill. The bughat does keep the black flies from flying into various head orifices. But, the hat also reduces vision and gets hot. And, nothing seems to stop them being noisy, swarming and making constant attacks. The garlic spray, Mosquito Barrier, is apparently only good on skeeters, and not black flies. Aaaarrrrrgh!
Medical Afternoon, Yowch!
Early in May, on one of the only gorgeous days, with crisp air and brilliantly blue sky, Chris hit his head. The bloody gash resulted in a trip to the neighbors', a trip to the local ER, stitches and a huge "D'oh!" from Chris for missing out on a day without rain to do sitework.
Materials Away, Yikes!
The landlord requested a house inspection since he hadn't been there in four years. Yikes! After C+C panicked a little, they set about making plans for undoing all their construction and MCS related alterations. The flooring boards, plywood, deck boards and yurts would have originally been transported over to the construction site as needed, but now would be taken over after completion of footing work. Originally, C+C planned to do the Poocham cleanup after completing construction, before giving notice: all the accomodations for the staining and sealing work, and for Cassandra's safety, would be removed and a thorough cleaning done. But now, Yikes! C+C were totally unprepared for this, and any time spent doing that work now was time not spent on construction. At least Cassandra was no longer going back to Poocham; without those accomodations, she definitely cannot go back. Although Chris hated spending days at Poocham, Yuck!, a few rainy days were put to good use by starting this house revamping task.
Man Acts Yokel...
Well, OK, true yokel might be taking a dip in the crik. But, Chris did experience his first shower in the little yurt: standing in a 2ft square metal bin under gravity fed, woodstove-heated water. With the return of full-fledged construction in May, Chris joined Cassandra in onsite showering fun. Yeehaw!
Muscle Alleviation, Yes!
Chris' muscles are much happier now that the water filtration is operational. The 5-gallon water jugs were decommissioned; filling them is off the Poocham task list, and Chris can stop lugging them up the steep driveway!
May-be it'll be sunny someday...
May-be footings will be done sometime...
May... June be better!
05/01/06 - Monday
Notes:
- Water test passed
- Cass didn't get nearly as many hrs in as she had hoped. Black flies were horrendous, huge problem, mega swarming. Since lotion was found to be causing illness, can't wear that. Wore bughat as long as could stand to, makes seeing difficult. Wind added t
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- swath up to boiler done
- time: 4.25hrs
05/02/06 - Tuesday
Notes:
- rain n drizzling n cold all day. not doing good either. tried some bug lotions yesterday, maybe that? or add'l enzymes?
05/03/06 - Wednesday
Notes:
- rains stopped finally in afternoon. was warmer today... as in, all way up to 55. hate blk flies.
303.05 Trench, rake, rock fill along pipeline
- worked on swath off woody way. removed branches etc. since no major washout, just raked out to level as seeding done
- time: included w/seeding below
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- seeded n hayed swath off woody way.
- petrified snake in hay! surprising how much it stank. Pheewwww. Guess ol snakey got caught up in the haying machinery and met his demise.
- time: 2.75
05/04/06 - Thursday
Notes:
- tried water in am.
- sunny, hot. v. hot (compared to recently) 70-80. it has been cooooold and rainy, and cloudy, barely up to 45 midday. So lots o layers and cold in yurt. Now, bam! Up to 80.
- Black flies awful. landing biting swarming. supreme mega impediment to working. time was 2 sessions @45mins each. Ugh. Need to work out a lotion or spray deterrent v soon! After the sun goes over the ridge, can handle wearing long sleeves and/or a hot
- hot in yurt. but keeping closed in day to retain warmth for night/showering and so not have to do rocks.
- Cass not feeling good. Bug lotion detox.
303.05 Trench, rake, rock fill along pipeline
- worked on pulling extensive roots out and raking below tree stand
- time: included w/seeding since no major washout gulleys
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- started seeding n haying below tree stand
- time: 1.5hrs
05/05/06 - Friday
Notes:
- reviewed and starting new schedule (294.07 YIPPEE w/e schedule: Park Avenue (Weekend Scheduling))
- got late start due to testing cass on bug stuff, and then... [section removed due to adult content] by door.
- apparently lemongrass and lemon oil both culprits on making cass sick from bugstuff. natures herbal not safe either. only one safe avail to use is djungle juice. tried it. does smell nice, and is water based. didn't seem to make sick, but not sure it h
- chris home 11, but had left 45min late. cass sick. putting food n clothes away took awhile. not bed til 12:30, 1.5hrs late according to new schedule
303.05 Trench, rake, rock fill along pipeline
- worked more on area below tree stand, roots out, rake and level out some washout
- time: 1hr
- (split time in half today since this was a lot of work)
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- cont'd seeding n haying below tree stand
- time: 1hr
300.28 Shower arrangements onsite
- c+c looked at idea for having shower bag inside as "pressure tank"
- time: 10mins, negligible
300.29 Water filtration hookup
- all tests ok. Can start using now, and stop transporting from Poocham! Chris glad to have water jugs off list (getting one this week, but then zero!)
- Time: 15m
305.00 Bug control
- Garlic spray
- Mosquito dunks in standing water areas
- Daitomaceous earth (woodshed and storage)
- time: 3 hrs
05/06/06 - Saturday
Notes:
- recycling and chores.
- took chris longer than planned, but still got some time onsite in afternoon.
213.01 Footings
- investigate and then reserve equip
- started laying out remaining MLA footings, did 8
- time: 4.5 hrs
303.05 Trench, rake, rock fill along pipeline
- finished area below tree stand, roots out, rake and level out some washout
- time: 0.5hr
- (split time in half today since this was a lot of work)
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- finished seeding n haying below tree stand
- time: 0.5hr
05/07/06 - Sunday
Notes:
- Chris got a certified injury. Not that its exactly going to be the Head Wound of Honor. We're just glad its not the Head Wound of Horror!
- Chris walked into a stack of 2*6 boards that were at head-height and sticking out off deck structure. Resulting 3/4" gash bleeds a lot and necessitates a trip to hospital.
- C+C were doing ok on new schedule up til this diversion. Cass was just hiking uphill when Chris injured and holding head while walking downhill. Cass calms and cleans up Chris and wound. Debating whether needs stitches when Chris starts feeling nauseou
- Cass hikes to tent by self while Chris at er. She also cleans up the very bloodied hat. Chris vows to wear said hat until done building, no matter how stained and worn. He will burn it at the Hat Retirement Party. (safely, away from Cassandra or removi
- At night, C+C make Chris a towel turban of sorts to cover wound while sleeping.
300.28 Shower arrangements onsite
- Tape broken shower bags
- one fixed. Other still not fixed, kept leaking. Hard to tape since at seam by S-hook. wait til drier and try again from inside and/or caulk
- time: 1hr
213.01 Footings
- 8:00-11:30
- laid out footings for 20' yurt and most of deck. Still need to do a few odd placed footings on front of deck
- Erosion control
- Chris removes some roots
- time: 15m
Misc:
- hike out to TIPPEE Outpost and check all ok w/tent. Is.
- Makeshift trail to get there and back.
- Time: 1hr
- Made a guitar stand out of wood scraps
- time: 30min
05/08/06 - Monday
Notes:
- Cass doing badly, adrenalin/stress hormones messing up. Very unnerving.
- sunny and would be nice outside, but blk flies hateful. Cass only worked 2hrs.
- The Jere will come help sat. yeah!
303.05 Erosion Control: Trench, rake, rock fill along pipeline
- finished area below woodshed steps at end of woody way
- tried working on ditch where chris had cut roots out, only there's lots of roots (maybe should have said to saw/axe down further into ground). got it somewhat ok. But BFFs too bad and had to quit. Swallowed one of the *s again.
- time: 0.75hr
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- from woodshed flat area down to end of woody way finished
- time: 0.75hrs
Misc:
- Makeshift trail to get to MLA/boiler and back.
- scouting out and starting to clear path up, no easy way
- is a problem since i can't walk up via driveway, and now most of pipeline areas are seeded
- Time: 0.5hr
300.28 Shower arrangements onsite
- tape broken shower bag-tried diff way, seems might work, try filling fully tomorrow
- time: 0.25hr
05/09/06 - Tuesday
Notes:
- cold. rain started around 6-6:30. worked some in rain while just drizzle. brrr
- The merits of keeping one's clothes on in the woods:
- If clothes are worn, there's less chance a tick can find skin and dig in. On the other hand, if one gets on, say, the sweatshirt and is flung off, the next half hour of life will be spent meticulously (and joylessly, no doubt) inspecting oneself and on
- Prior to The Tick Ruins My Afternoon Episode, a path to the boiler n MLA got created. Many large tree remains cleared by hand and the awesome power of... well, Cass! There's only one limb in need of an axe.
239.07 Hydro: feasibility and system quote:
- do a few calcs, lookup info and consider options
- time: 0.25hr
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- did around ditches behind boiler and woodshed, and up hill on sides
- time: 2.5hrs
Misc:
- created path from existing trail up to boiler for accessing woodshed and MLA
- required moving a lot of very large limbs, branches, etc
- time: 1.25hrs
05/10/06 - Wednesday
Notes:
- v cold. rain in morning and damp all day. bugs not as bad.
- spent while reorganizing since water jugs not going to be used now. bathroom needs a light. smell in sink area bad again... why????
- had fire going all day long!!
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- uphill bank along ditch down from spring
- also graded some where was steep and wet
- need to wear mudboots to finish along where left off and around spring...v wet!
- time: 3hrs
05/11/06 - Thursday
Notes:
- v cold rainy ugh.
- bad expoure v bad. to what?
- plumbing prob no better.
- chris delayed.......long........prob not home til 4:30a or 5a.....
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- graded steep bank behind spring
- seeded n hayed
- salamander by woodshed
- time: 1.25hrs
303.05 Erosion Control: Trench, rake, rock fill along pipeline
- fill mini trench (down from boiler) w/stone
- time: 0.25hrs
05/12/06 - Friday
Notes:
- chris back 5:45a, sleep 9:45. cancel footings due to heavy rains, flood warnings, not sposed to stop til sunday. Jere is agreeable to schedule change to next w/e.
- smell from septic(?) bad. ugh.
- v cold
- go for walk in lessening of rains (drizzle) see ditch in action, lots of water flowing fast, end up working a bit and getting drenched
303.05 Erosion Control: Trench, rake, rock fill along pipeline
- the rains let up a bit in late afternoon and went for a walk. ended up working on some problem areas. the ditches were flowing fast and furious!
- patched part of minitrench down from boiler where water was overflowing
- created new trench for diverting add'l water flowing out from under boiler area and making flat area wet
- need to work on getting water flowing down from spring along pipeline diverted more...if possible...
- Area behind util shed is small lake now!
- All ditches working and flowing fast though!
- time: 0.75hr
275.04 Materials Tramsport
- forms & rebar
- time: 1.5 hrs
- Footings
- Site review
- time: 0.5 hrs
05/13/06 - Saturday
262.06 Plumbing, interior and hookup
- troubleshoot drain waste vent problem
- turns out w/d stand pipe needed more water, and tighten cap
- seems prob solved, we hope
- time: 1hr
202.00 Clean hell house
05/14/06 - Sunday
Notes:
- took chris' stitches out at night via headlamp, w/swiss army knife scissors and tweezers. nerveracking because knots were down into skin/scab and hairs in way. anyway, success. chris didn't feel any of it at all. no bleeding.
- cold all weekend. seven layer cass! ("tastier than a 7 layer burrito anytime!" says chris): 2 pr pants, 2 pr socks, 3 shirts.
303.05 Erosion Control: Trench, rake, rock fill along pipeline
- cass went out (foolishly perhaps) in rain to check on things. one area of ditch had some fallen ground and debris blocking it and was overflowing, unblocked that.
- the area where had not dug any trenches yet had all kinds of mess going on. Dug that length of trench. Muuuuuddddyy! clothes got soaked thru and caked w/ sloppy mud.
- That's Some Powerful Mud...
- mud boots w mud all way to top
- the jacket, gloves, and-or pants, two of which are slathered with wet thick mud...all of which now hang in the cookshack they're so darn messy n wet
- the leggings I had on under those pants, which are soaked thru and amazingly, also darkened with mud
- time: 2.75hrs
202.00 Clean hell house
05/15/06 - Monday
Notes:
- less rain good and water going down. but, still cold and humid. muddy. yucky. ugh. cannot wait til ends!
- also will be good to have phone signal again
303.05 Erosion Control: Trench, rake, rock fill along pipeline
- still raining today, but not as heavy. Overnight, waters receded signifigantly. Some smaller ditches that were gushing yesterday not flowing today. Main ones still flowing strong.
- Spent time walking to assess how work was holding up
- Dug second ditch below original ditching in three places, due to water exiting ground further downhill: 1-at crest of ditching below main stream (may need to reseed this area which had gotten swampy), 2-above util shed (this was all running downhill, h
- Dug out more of the lower ditch by util shed-was easier to get some tree limbs roots etc out since ground so soft
- notes: "lake" behind util shed down considerably today, but still needs to be finished properly.
- behind woodshed, mudslide. gotta redo.
- have to reseed parts of bank behind spring. grading work helped, but seeding was just laid before storm.
- the one corex pipe at u.s. still overflowing water
- time:2.25hrs
05/16/06 - Tuesday
Notes:
- rain. steadily, all day long.
05/17/06 - Wednesday
Notes:
- here shines the sun?.....no no no! stay sunny!
- hope the sun stays out, looks like clouds could move in. Hope this is the break and rains over. Have been on edge. Soooo much water! at least both poocham n yippee are on higher ground.
- is finally starting to sound less like we live on a raging river... and now maybe only a raging stream. The lowering of noise is significant!
- (later) Muddy Mat Misery! Had shook mats and hung on line to dry out. But, so much for that effort. rains started again. at least the downpour waited til got them off the line.
- 9 days now! HOPE this spell o rains doesn't beat out Octobers record. except for that brief hr or two of sun this am, this has felt extremely similar. ugh!
05/18/06 - Thursday
Notes:
- sun and clouds but generally nice day.
- chris delay chicago again. not home til 4am
- all week long, has been lots o rain. Have to wait til dries out before fixing two mudslides and the redoing washed away seed, and then continuing w/seeding
300.27 Laundry
- clean metal woodbin for use as clothesline basket
- time: 15m
226.27 Black chairs: clean and lockout
- Four YIPPEE Black Chairs Lined Up In The Sun, Cleaned and drying to be sealed, For Team Yippee Bums!
- time: 1hr
213.27 WC Platform: shape ground for drainage/ lay gravel/stone over site
- filled spot where rains washed out and screen house prob will go
- covered where rains had washed away and pink board showing
- shoveled gravel under woodstove side
- time: 30min
05/19/06 - Friday
Notes:
- sleep 4:30-9:45 (cass, not really)
- chris does firewood, fire, rocks, water 10:30-12:15
- beam and task and prep, then eat, 1-2, ck out tippee while cass finish back at yurt
- raining heavy. started raining again last night, and all day today. still going to proceed w/footings.
- skip some poocham chores (like Palm hotsync/cass email download) since flight delays and really need to be up early tomorrow
213.01 Footings
- prep TIPPEE outpost and Cass pack for Saturday: Chris hike up and take chair, check on tent. Cass pack for tomorrow's trip and guys' food.
- Got schedule reworked for accomodating equip pickup and cass not in yurt/onsite
- Pick up rental equipment: Prodigy ride-behind skid-steer multi tooll with hydraulic auger head
- time: 45m (hike tippee) + 2 hrs (rental equipment)
05/20/06 - Saturday
Notes:
- Cass day at TIPPEE outpost. up at 6:30, pack+chores then hike to outpost. there by 9a, lv @7:25pm. chores at yurt until chris home @10:30p. shot, crashed, so cold. brrrr. review day. 11:30 test -better to stay in yurt tomorrow, finish packing for c+j s
213.01 Footings
- jere onsite
- time: 08:00-7:00
- rained intermittently
- Xterra couldn't pull equipment up driveway until we added 720# additional weight over the rear axle. We thought of switching the ball hitch to the Vermoose but the hitch hole is a different size. Two hour delay, we were only 15m behind prior to this in
- drilled out 12 holes
- two for deck, tried some more but they were full of roots. Due to limited time we decided to do yurt footings and leave deck footings for later
- one for 30' yurt
- nine for 20' yurt
- had difficulties getting the Prodigy to the work site becaue of mud. eventually we made a path of scrap plywood and made it up the muddy banks.
Misc:
- Load 14' platform (to bring to site for cleaning/use under tent)
- time: 45 m
- ewwww, moldy!
05/21/06 - Sunday
Notes:
- Cass day in closed-up yurt. cold enough and cloudy so not a prob. Sick from yesterday molds around tent and being out in cold all day.
213.01 Footings
- jere onsite
- time: 08:30 - 07:00
- hooked up water @ MLA for hose
- not enough pressure, took hose off
- drilled out 10 holes
- poured 7 footings for 20' yurt
- rained intermittently
- drilling 1-1/2" hole in ledge is going to take a long time. Abandoned this effort for today, focused on filling traditional footings.
- Why does cement come in non-waterproof bags?
300.37 Planks under mattress
- when Chris returns at night, is pleasantly surprised that Cass did this. woohoo...better sleeping!
- Yes, Installed Planks Provide Easier Evenings
- time: 0.5hr
300.25 Cleaning
- dewalt vac working great! Takes 1hr and 65watts to recharge.
- unsafe (and not too effective) vac finally back at pooch. This task finally done.
05/22/06 - Monday
Notes:
- was s'psd to be clear this wk, but cloudy and drizzled a couple times, not enough to stop working tho.
- v cold out, but blk flies still bad. at least could manage wearing bughat and had long sleeve swtshirts/jcket
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- started working below the tree/crosswise trench.
- very steep, kept slipping.
- time: 4hrs
303.05 Erosion Control: Trench, rake, rock fill along pipeline
- while doing above, threw rocks into trench that had realllllllly gotten deepened during past couple weeks' heavy rains
- moose wrecked several spots, walking on soft v wet soil recently planted and graded
05/23/06 - Tuesday
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- second swath done on lower portion
- time: 2.5hrs
303.05 Erosion Control: Trench, rake, rock fill along pipeline
- dug diversion trench (in the above area) where water coming out downhill of other trench, had marked spot during heavy rains but was too wet to do
- time: 0.75hrs
05/24/06 - Wednesday
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- more work below yesterday's, sloped seeded etc
- time: 1230-730, minus various breaks for bug escape and sickness problems related...subtract about 2.5, but didn't track too well when sick, so net prob 4hrs
05/25/06 - Thursday
Notes:
- chris major flight delays. arrrggh! ends up stuck midway, and has to stay overnight.
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- did banks and started raking/sloping before bugs too bad
- more work when cooler and could wear jacket and hat
- time: 0.75hrs+ 2.5hrs
05/26/06 - Friday
Notes:
- Chris not much sleep because needs to get to airport early for possible seating... but after being on list for backup all day... eventually gets seated on afternoon flight.
- This is third wk in row with massive travel probs that mess up our weekend + tasks. Losing a full day this week. Thankfully, Chris is not going thru chicago anymore in near future. Can't keep getting so messed up and losing time like this!
- Chris home around 10pm.
- review newsletter, but no onsite/project work
05/27/06 - Saturday
Notes:
- due to flight delays... this has to be our friday, except must lv earlier to make sure get to mailboxes in time, as they close earlier on sats.
- setup screen tent.
- chris back late from chores. but, loads laundry done. muddy mats clean now.
275.04 Materials transport/inventory
- got hay and seed
- took cement tubes to shed
- time: 3 hrs
305.05 Screen house
05/28/06 - Sunday
Notes:
- sunny really hot.
- chris - firewood chopping, hang laundry, get orgnzd. cookies/chocomilk, then up to work footings. cass seed. lunch break in SIPPEE. cass tried bug shirt in afternoon. had to use w/bughat. bugs got chris.
- chris shower (yippee! a shower!)
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- almost to bottom of pipeline, really wet, hope grows alright
- time: 1.5+1.75hrs
213.01 Footings
- poured four more after clearing out debris and centering holes
- bent tips on post hole digger slamming into ledge at bottom of holes. bent back with claw hammer
- the Od-Job mixers are retired as they have worn out.
- Chris made cement soup of one batch. oops
- time: 6hs
05/29/06 - Monday
Notes:
- hot humid.
- rain kept us from doing bug stuff.
- do some other tasks, chris lv 12:30.
- phone signal still v much sucks
262.06 Plumbing 14'(interior and hookup)
- investigating odor problems
- time: 1:15
300.27 Laundry(storage)
- put clothes into now-safe sliding bin
- removed some safe from bags
- stored in extra blue topped bin
- time: 0.25hrs
276.03 Plant seed along pipe/trenching lines
- finished down to SIPPEE
- hope grows alright, is wet dense and rocky
- time: 1hr
305.05 Screen house
- rocks, anchoring sides down
- time: 0.25hrs
300.28 Shower arrangements onsite
- remove reflectix and 'L'
- after chris left, cass cleaned up, put back together, removed ropes, hung light
- time: 0.75hrs
305.03 Mosquito dunks in standing water areas
05/30/06 - Tuesday
Notes:
- hot again and humid
- rained late afternoon into evening
- temp dropped again
213.27 WC Platform: shape ground for drainage/ lay gravel/stone over site
- dug out bit to bury corex so could use wheelbarrow to trx gravel over to far side of yurt
- loaded up and pushed over, dumped and shoveled/raked under
- wheelbarrow heavy when filled!
- stopped due to rain
- Time: 2.75hrs
05/31/06 - Wednesday
Notes:
- ugh. didn't go out to work in am because was wet out from rains
- sun came out and temp jacked bck up to near 90, v humid
- had to work in small segments again until too dripping to continue
213.27 WC Platform: shape ground for drainage/ lay gravel/stone over site
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