Thursday
Clear skies and sunny day this morning, but everything is wet from the rain yesterday.
Had two fried eggs for breakfast – something I haven’t had in a while as eggs were $10 per dozen. Got a dozen for $5 in Hilo yesterday.
Took a roll of tarpaper over to the Ahi lot and put a layer of tarpaper on the roof/deck of the gazebo. I sealed the seams with the last of the plastic roof cement from buildng the shed and gazebo at Holowai.
The view from on top of the gazebo is absolutely fabulous!
I placed a bunch of old boards on top of the tarpaper to hold it down until I can get the cap sheet installed.
As I was doing this, I was attacked by fire ants! They must have been in the roll of tarpaper, or on the old boards!
They attacked my arm, then both arm pits, my neck, my back! UGHH! It was sudden, and it was fierce!
I grabbed a bottle of water and poured it on my arms and my back to cool the burning until I got the lumber in place. I quickly went to Holowai and took a shower!
Then I went down to Honu’apo to soak in the tide pools. – Saltwater cures everything! – I saw that on a poster with a surfboard.
I stayed there for over two hours.
On the way back, I stopped off at the park in Waiohinu and filled up a few water bottles that I had with me.
It is raining now, and has been since about 4:30 PM.
The sky is covered in clouds and I cannot see the shoreline!
TTFN
TropicalCastaway 