Not overnight rain or sore muscles or North Carolina mud or too much to eat could keep our team from the last day “on the job”. Although we did NOT get any of the four houses completed (they hope to have them done by Christmas), we did give them a big leap forward. The railing crew (Francis & Gordon from another part of NC) completed the last of the decks we’d built.

The vinyl crew, headed by Harry & assisted by Jean (both from SC) & Patty, finished the end of one house & made a good start on another side. The energy crew with W. Va. Janet & Gail (our supervisor’s wife) finished stapling & sealing all the seam & openings in the wall insulation in one of the houses. (Did I mention these owners will end up with houses that can be heated and cooled for $25 per month? Only Tillie is more efficient. Of course, she doesn’t believe in cooling & only in heating if the temperature is moderate.)

The next photo is of Marianna & Felipe in the house that will be theirs. They were there today working on painting the walls and woodwork. (All the new owners are responsible for painting the walls & woodwork.)

On the 4th house our construction crew completed framing the walls. The last photo shows our Care-A-Vanner team in front of that house. Unfortunately we didn’t have a 50 foot ladder so you can’t see that our construction crew also completed framing the inside walls as well as the sides. (In case you’re wondering, the windows are framed behind the sheathing and the holes will be cut out later.)

So that’s it for this 2 week Habitat build. Tomorrow (if we survive the night - they're having a demolition derby tonight at the fairgrounds where we're camping & we hope they won't think Tillie is entering!) we’re up before the crack of dawn heading east & therefore avoiding all the leaf peekers heading west to the Blue Ridge. Tillie wants to see some beach and sand before heading back to New York.