The weather front finished moving through overnight, so the full moon gave the luster of midday to the new fallen snow. The morning dawned clear and brisk… perfect for finishing placing the horizontal rebar in the shed footers. Discovered that during the marathon rebar cutting and bending evolution earlier in April, Chree and I had somehow forgotten to put bends in four pieces that needed them. Ever resourceful, Steve and I found that the safety chain hooks used when towing a car behind the RV are perfectly sized and placed to hold a length of rebar needing a quick bend. By two hours after quitting time all horizontal and vertical rebar was in place. As we were "finishing", Steve pointed to some "leftover" rebar and asked, "What are these pieces for?". What they were, OF COURSE, were the pieces that needed to be put down into the big feet... BEFORE any of the other steel was put in place. Ooops! With Yankee ingenuity, a fair dose of stubbornness, some moderate contortions, and a pair of wire cutters, we got the pieces in place around all the other potentially lethal metal rods sticking up at all angles. I offered Steve his rebar tying tool as a memento of the occasion, but he demurred, afraid that if he owned it he might have to use it again. Really good Porterhouse steaks cooked over the campfire, followed by some Ben & Jerry’s, topped off a very productive day.
