I promised C&C that I would help them with their house this weekend. So I showed up around 11:00 this morning and was put to work spreading out the gravel for the new addition’s foundation. The first step was to shovel it from the front of the house into a wheelbarrow and then trundle it to the other end to eventually be spread.

That job nearly done, we got a snack break for a cinnamon roll and coffee. I’m pretty sure I haven’t had a cinnamon roll since the Braeburn Lodge ones Spike Fortier of Alaskan Discovery RV Tours would bring the Bonanza Gold staff in Dawson.

One word: YUM.

Fortified by our snack, we got the gravel moved and then we had to spread it out with rakes. That got interrupted by Laura returning from town with her brand new refrigerator, which we helped unload, unpack, and move into her kitchen before bringing out her old one.

We finished spreading the gravel after and it was then time to pack it. Charles and I moved sheets of plywood around and Caroline drove over them in her little car. After a good round of that, she went in to make us lunch (bless her) and Charles and I continued to pack the gravel using water-filled barrels. Those suckers were HEAVY.

A hearty lunch of Caroline’s chicken noodle soup was then muchly appreciated. That was pretty much it for the day so I headed home to do a load of laundry and get started on a transcription project. I’ll be back on the work detail tomorrow. We’re apparently going to be laying the foundation blocks and making up the floor beams.