Weather still cold and showery most of the day. Rented a rebar cutter / bender from Taylor Rental in Middlebury. A manually operated cutter / bender. Accent on the word “manually”. But, in 6 ½ hours of steady, hard work, Chree and I cut and bent 1,500 pounds of rebar that will be used in the shed foundation. Don’t expect either of us will be worth much tomorrow. The dogs, usually quite good about staying within eyesight range, suddenly disappeared mid-morning. The good news is that they came back reasonably quickly when we called / whistled. The bad news is that they had been down to the lake for another swim… Marty Lapidus stopped by to say howdy, saw the truck tire situation, and lent me his 12 volt air compressor. About noon, Chree tried to go back inside the RV to warm up, only to discover that the safety latch on the
main cabin door had, once again, somehow gotten thrown. Lockedout! The van keys and the key to Lynne’s house, of course, were inside the RV. Lynne, bless her heart twice over, came to our rescue, driving to her house and then bringing the spare RV keys to Fern Lake during her lunch hour on a day that was completely bonkers at her office. At least no windows were broken to regain entry this time around. After returning the rebar cutter / bender to Taylor, stopped by Carrara & Sons Concrete Company to find out about their capabilities, costs, and get an account application. Returning to Fern Lake, used Marty’s air pump to re-inflate the dead truck tires. Big tires, small pump = a long time pumping. When done, was going to move the truck to more level ground in case the right tire went flat again overnight. Found out the old fashioned way that now the truck battery was dead, too. A thousand milligrams of Motrin washed down with some more Pinot Noir helped ease the physical and mental distress.
