Day 5, Wed. June 29, 2016 – Last
Day of Carpentry
Breakfast this morning was
Mexican scrambled eggs (eggs with peppers and onions and black beans inside
tortillas) and again, fruit salad. Delicious as usual. I’m getting used to the
boat ride over to San Marcos. It’ll be weird not to take a scenic cruise to
work when I get home… The existing benches were all fixed up, and pairs of us
took them back down from the workshop to the school. I’d like to note that the
dogs at the compound where the workshop is have been a critical part of the
construction process, providing both stress relief and motivation to watch
where you step. With Lucas, Clara, and Fatima, our new benches and table were
in the last stages of construction, and we were busy sanding and varnishing the
last pieces just before leaving for lunch.
Lunch at Konojel of stuffed
peppers and rice was followed by some of Maria’s chocolate chip cookies, made
from native ingredients. They weren’t Tollhouse, but they were still delicious.
After lunch we returned to the workshop to put together our furniture. We used
the craig jig to drill pilot holes into the aprons and then screwed everything
together, the legs, the aprons, and the top. By 5 o’clock, it had started
raining, but we had finished one bench and the table! We ran out of time to
finish the last bench before we had to go meet Miguel to head back to Santa
Cruz and La Iguana.
Dinner was squash soup, which there
was not enough croutons for, chili, mashed potatoes, and salad, with chocolate
cake for dessert. From the patio at La Iguana we can see all three of the
volcanoes out over the lake, lights from towns on the far side, and lightning
from a storm that only may or may not rain on us. Now we’re wrapping up the
evening with Nate and Corinne, talking and playing cards.
Ellen
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