While Alex, Katy, and I were putting together the rest of the forms for the auxiliary storage area walls in the morning, a cold front rolled through, heralded by a wicked good thunderstorm. Afterwards Katy and Chree removed the forms from the underground roof, discovering that the wooden Triangle Square Circle insets seem to be swollen in place... at least for the forseeable future. By 2:30 the auxiliary storage area wall forms were in place and the sun was peeking out, so all four of us began the back-breaking task of hand-mixing and placing, one wheelbarrow load at a time, the 2,200 pounds of concrete that it took to fill them up. I had anticipated that job would take between four and five hours; we finished in 2½, though there weren’t much left of any of us by the end. Used the form tie and rebar system for the first time and the result, though not perfect, was much better than previously achieved with external form bracing. A dip in the lake, some Chrysalis Vineyards Sarah’s Patio Red over ice, and wonderful spare ribs done over the campfire soon dulled the pain. Alex made a tremendous bonfire out of the scrap plywood and lumber. But, having killed my bottle of Sapling liqueur, we all were abed by 9:30. Katy slept right through the midnight rainstorm.
