We arrived in San Jose Costa Rica at 10pm Wednesday night after patiently waiting out an hour and a half delay in leaving JFK in the heavy rain. We were promptly picked up by Isaac and Santiago and took the hour long drive to camp (stopping along the way to get a couple bottles of Coke Lite;-).
We got up bright and early on Thursday morning and I gave the guys a walking tour of the whole camp. Steven and I ran into a couple guys that were building the new dining hall and we had fun trying to understand each other (no english for them and no spanish for us).
After breakfast we met with David and got right to work on the new cabin. We were blessed with 20 mile per hour winds and dust blowing around all day.
Although it doesn't look like it, we got a lot done today. We installed all the floor joists for the cabin and the deck. Jim then got to use the sprayer and soak the boards in Diesel fuel. This acts as both an insect repellent and protects the wood from rotting.
Tomorrow we hope to install all the hardwood floor and get the main walls studded out.
Mike and I were foolish and didn't wear enough sunscreen and we both look like lobsters. We have lots of aloe, thankfully.
We are going to bed now, please check out the new pictures.
-rob
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