Drove down to Quincy, MA to surprise Tasi and help him load the contents of his apartment into a large U-Haul truck for transport to his and Kristen’s just-bought co-op in Bethesda, MD. Dinner at Alex and Katy’s new apartment in Brighton, MA. Alex calculated that the pressure at the bottom of a 7′ 8″ column of concrete (having a density of 150 pounds per cubic foot) is about half a ton per square foot. No wonder the lower sections of the concrete column forms blew out!!!! That evening on the trip back north and with the red light on the gauge glowing brightly, fortuitously found a gas station still open in Bethel, VT, just before starting the trek up and over the Green Mountains. That would have been a nerve-wracking adventure with only fumes in the tank! Round trip 15 hours and 400 miles. Back to Fern Lake by bedtime. Upon returning, found a beautiful bouquet of sunflowers sitting on Delores’ still unretracting main cabin door steps and a bag of garden vegetables attached to the door handle, thoughtfully provided by Lynne and Perry.
31 July 2010
Drove down to Quincy, MA to surprise Tasi and help him load the contents of his apartment into a large U-Haul truck for transport to his and Kristen’s just-bought co-op in Bethesda, MD. Dinner at Alex and Katy’s new apartment in Brighton, MA. Alex calculated that the pressure at the bottom of a 7′ 8″ column of concrete (having a density of 150 pounds per cubic foot) is about half a ton per square foot. No wonder the lower sections of the concrete column forms blew out!!!! That evening on the trip back north and with the red light on the gauge glowing brightly, fortuitously found a gas station still open in Bethel, VT, just before starting the trek up and over the Green Mountains. That would have been a nerve-wracking adventure with only fumes in the tank! Round trip 15 hours and 400 miles. Back to Fern Lake by bedtime. Upon returning, found a beautiful bouquet of sunflowers sitting on Delores’ still unretracting main cabin door steps and a bag of garden vegetables attached to the door handle, thoughtfully provided by Lynne and Perry.
