30 May 2011

Memorial Day. Installed electrical conduit connections and, more importantly, weed-wacked the driveway in the morning.  Erin Pirkkanen and three of her friends came over late morning to go canoeing / kayaking and swimming.  Dock still under 3 inches of water.  Built the forms for two of the seven-foot high sections in the west wall. Those sections have to be extra strong (and extra-well braced) as the pressure at the bottom of the form when the concrete is poured will be well north of half a ton per square foot.  Concrete is VERY heavy stuff!!!!  Mosquitoes are starting to come back; had to use the ThermaCELL lantern late afternoon to ward off the little beasts.