31 May 2014

Off to Goodro’s early morn to put the first color coat on the two steel beams.  Met Alverta at a rendezvous along US 7 and guided her back to Fern Lake, arriving a few minutes before Alex, Katy, & Devin, up for the weekend from the Boston environs.  After a tour of the premises, Alex and I installed the radon abatement piping by cutting out a section of Blueboard, digging out the sand and stone underneath to make a shallow trench, putting in the holey pipe I had fabricated, and, finally, reinstalling the foam over top.  Marty came up early afternoon to kindly offer use of Chez Lapidus for the cookout planned for later.  As it was a cold, windy, cloudy day, we gratefully accepted.  Sitting around an hour later enjoying a pre-prandial beverage (or two) while staying warm by the campfire, the sun came out and the wind abated.  So canceled our off-site dining reservation and started grilling burgers.  Lynne brought a large garden salad and desert, Merry came with her famous orzo salad, Alverta provided potato salad, beanies and weenies appeared by magic, and Dolores contributed many fluid ounces of imminently potable libations.  After the dishes were done, Alex, Katy, & Devin took possession of the RV and I went down to bed at Marty & Merry’s.