September 11, 2024
After yesterday’s little diversion down at the shore. I got back to working on the steps for the gazebo.
After removing the stakes and supports for the forms for the first step that I poured yesterday, I formed the next step down.
With the forms in place, I backfilled using some of the material from the pile in the driveway.
Then I started up the mixer and poured the step. I am using the same method of finishing these steps as I used for the gaeden steps. I use a sponge to suck up the excess water and swirl the sand and cement around the surface. This leaves a “sand” finish that will not be slippery when wet.
While I had the mixer going, I poured one of the two remaining sections in the bathroom floor. I am troweling these sections and hoping that they will not be too spillery.
It takes water to mix concrete. This left me with guite a few empty bottles that I use to haul water.
So, I loaded up the truck and headed off to the transfer station in Waiohinu where the water fill station is located.
There are six hose bibs stationed about 8 feet apart along the entrance to the trash transfer station.
When I was in the water down at the ocean yesterday, I got out of the swimming pool and ventured out into what I call the arroyo that feeds the pool. Waves from the ocean come throgh this 30 to 50 foot gap in the lava and flows into the pool. This arroyo has places where the water is a foot or more deep. Coming straight out of the ocean, it is the same temperature as the ocean. which is typically about five degrees cooler than the water in the swimming pool, as the swimming pool is warmed by the sun as well as the black lava surrounding it that also has been warmed by the sun.
The wave action in this arroyo caused me to step back and step onto a sea urchin. Ouch! One of the spines found a way past my pool shoes and into my big toe. It has been bothering me all day! I tried to dig out as much as I could. but ended up just pushing it in deeper. So, before going to bed, I applied a bit of this drawing ointment and a bandaide to see if it would draw it out!
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