Thursday morning we had just started working when Kathleen and Aaron, the two Assistant Mangers drove up. They were surprised at how far we had gotten and how good the building now looked. We finished the north end and as a reward made what may be our last trip to Singletons. With the ferry now running it is really only minutes away. We rode the ferry across the St Johns River and after a great lunch did some shopping and came back ‘home’ for the rest of the day.
It is surprising how friendly the fishermen – and women are. Would guess that 80% are black with a few Orientals and the rest white. The fishing must be good as there are always people using the old bridge. The ‘bait shop’ also houses the restroom facilities so we get to see a lot of folks. Friday morning a group of Orientals stopped just as we were getting our gear together. In somewhat broken English they inquired about bait. We gave them directions on where to buy and they were quite pleased.
We finished the weeks work before noon – only the back or west side to paint now. So we came home and did some chores and split some wood and we will have a fire. We cooked kielbasa over the fire and heated the beans too….very satisfying meal.
They don’t have us scheduled to paint the trim, just the wall sides. Don’t know what they will put on next as we will only have a few days left here. We should finish the back side early Tuesday so that will leave us time to do another small project for them
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