Friday, September 16, 2016
After a hearty breakfast we went to our the regular jobsites and continued the work we had started the day before. At 7 am, Ed picked me up and brought me to Ron’s house to help finish the installation of the roof at Ron’s house. I helped Pete, Daniel and John David finish the installation of the rafters.
When the rafters and purlins were installed, we installed the galvanized aluminum roof and the hurricane straps.
We were finished the roof by 2 pm, packed up our equipment and took a break until Ed could pick up the trailer and bring it to the next house. Ed reviewed the work that needed to be done at the next house when we arrived there, however, we couldn’t start the work because the material hadn’t arrived so we went to help the other crew pack up before we went home.
When we arrived there, Micah’s crew had made excellent progress with the installation of the walls and rafters.
It had become extremely hot and several of us had varying amounts of sunburn, so we decided to head back to the campsite.
After we had showered and a good meal, we spent time reviewing the events of the day and trading stories of our days events. With the early mornings, combined with the heat and humidity, most of us ( particularly the elderly volunteers, such as myself ) are usually ready to fall asleep by 9 pm.
One of the things that we have had to get used to, is the geckos. There is at least one in the house and they make a loud chirping noise. We haven’t attempted to get rid of them because they are not harmful and they take care of any small animals, such as insects.
I have finally gotten the video of Mary’s Birthday celebration at Bubba Gumps from the night before so, as promised, here it is:
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Anh-wX1eFJ-8nn95I2gVidVEl76t
Since it is a video, it is quite large ( 13 MB, even though I reduced the size ) so it wll take a lot of internet bandwidth and it might not play smoothly if you don’t have a fast internet connection. You can also ” download ” it you want a copy of it.
Ralf Hamm 
The Hppy Birthday video work perfectly. The smiles and happy faces tell the story of giving to others is the real blessing….Happiness is found in giving.
Opps to many typo’s in Happy and worked….Sorry….
Carol, you don’t have to apologize. I didn’t notice the typo’s. I make plenty typing mistakes, especially when I’m tired and too lazy to proofread my work, as I’m sure most people have noticed.