Unfortunately.... I forgot to take the camera to the work site today. Just because it was 20 something (Florida's winter must be) this morning AND the wind was whipping AND everything in Rambo's refrigerator was frozen AND even the bottom of the orange trees were frozen... Enough excuses.However, we did get more framing done and several of the interior walls built and a LOT of nails put in the sheathing (hurricane standards). It was also decided pouring concrete for the porches directly on the sand was NOT the way to go. So several "lucky" folks from our group (I was NOT among them thank you very much!) got the honor of digging 18 inch footers and setting concrete forms in those. And they got to do it for two houses to make it more efficient for the cement truck.
Back at the campsite... we tried out the BBQ pit. This is a REAL classy pit especially now that our group "rebuilt" the grates. Bob (our team leader who's turning the sausages) said he always likes to leave sites better than he finds them. So Monday after work, "the guys" took out the old grates that were warped. One of our team is a welder who just happened to bring his grinder and he cut the old grate out of the frame. Bob picked up new grating material and before the day way out it was welded in place. Bob fired it up the next morning to burn off the oil coating and when it cooled, seasoned it with cooking oil. In spite of today's cold weather, we tried it out this evening to great success. It makes our BBQ pit at home look VERY sorry. Please note this pit does NOT have a chimney so perhaps we don't need that stone chimney of ours that fell down after all. We'll see how ambitious we get next summer.
Dreaming of warmer weather...
