October 3, 2024
The last section of the gazebo floor is ready to pour. I haven’t had any more issues with stomach pains at 2:00 AM, but I will go see my doctor when I get back in Arizona.
The mixer is set up in the driveway at the road for easy access to the pile of sand and gravel.
And just like that, it is done!
Afterwards, I worked on leveling the area at the door for the bathroom. I also need to somehow create a trench through here to extend the sewer line up to the house for any plumbing drains I might need there. Looks like I will need to borrow Brian’s chipping hammer again.
October 4, 2024
After extending the plumbing vent with a coupling and a section of pipe above the level of the block, I finished with the rest of the block on the second row at the bathroom.
October 5, 2024
More work on the area at the bathroom door. Also, created short walls of rock at the bottom areas of the bathroom.
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I will backfill behind the rock wall with gravel and this will further identify a pathway from the house past the bathroom.
October 6, 2024
Yesterday, grouted the upper part of the house columns. Today I pulled off the forms.
Further work on cleaning up the area at the bathroom door and some backfilling behind the rock walls.
I have piled up the smaller sand and gravel from the pile at the road. Using my screen, I have separated the larger rock and I use this as backfill material, while preserving the smaller material for mixing concrete.
This has reduced the pile considerably. Not bad for an old guy with a shovel and a wheelbarrow.
I pulled a couple of carrots from my garden. They have been growing for about four months, so I’m not sure just how they will taste!
October 7, 2024
I cooked the carrots for dinner last night, and they were great!
There was a pile of branches at the chipper so I thought I should chip these before returning to the mainland. They will be easier to chip before they dry out. I also decided to trim a few more of the branches that are overhanging the neighbor’s property near the shed and chip these while I was at it.
The branches in the christmas berry trees grow in a tangled mess. After cutting them off the trunk, it is difficult to pull them out of the tangled mass of branches. I had cut one branch with my small electric chainsaw and was pulling on it but it would not come loose. I dropped my chainsaw to the ground – I was on a branch that was ten feet off the ground – and using both hands, I pulled real hard. It came loose and the end of the branch bashed me in the head. I was lucky that I didn’t fall out of the tree!
Since I cannot see the top of my own head, I took pictures to give me an idea of the hole I had created in my head! Surprisingly, it didn’t really hurt. I walked over to my neighbor’s because he has running water, and used his hose to wash the blood out of my hair and off my face.
Then I went down to Honoapu to soak my head in salt water!
October 8, 2024
My last day in Hawaii was clear and sunny. I had to catch the early bus out of Waiohinu in order to catch my 9:00AM flight! And just like that, I’m on the way back to the mainland.
TTFN
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