A little more cleaning up around the house. Moved the bed back into the guest bedroom.
Simon came over, we felled a large tree that had swayed ominously during our last storm. That took about twenty minutes. He then proceeded to clear the hills in front of the house using a 30" machete. It wasn't long before he came up to the house to ask if I had something shorter. I had a 22" machete I bought in Guatemala. Not having been used for several years it was covered in rust. In his eyes it was near irredeemable. I took a large circular sander and removed all the rust in a minute and tapered on a fine edge. Too fine for working with wood, but great for grass. Simon was quite impressed and asked me to tune up his machete. This took but another couple of minutes.
He then proceeded to work for forty minutes. In the picture to the right you can see the brown spot created by the area cleared by three gringos with machetes in the course of an hour. The remaining area, and much more, extending past the captured image was cleared by Simon in forty minutes.
I went to town to pick up a couple of girls. They were tired from their travels, despite only having come from Boquette, hardly an arduous trip. I dispatched a water taxi for them and headed out to Starfish Beach with Chris and Alejandra. We dropped by numerous boats on the way but people that had committed all backed out. Cool Boat Chris sailed over with his girlfriend Natti on his proa. There was next to no wind and we waited hours for him. A bonfire on the beach, grilled chicken and potatoes. We headed back and offered to tow Chris. They declined as there was a bit of wind and it was a clear, calm starry night. By the time we got back to town it had started to rain. I am sure it was a long, cold trip.
Simon came over, we felled a large tree that had swayed ominously during our last storm. That took about twenty minutes. He then proceeded to clear the hills in front of the house using a 30" machete. It wasn't long before he came up to the house to ask if I had something shorter. I had a 22" machete I bought in Guatemala. Not having been used for several years it was covered in rust. In his eyes it was near irredeemable. I took a large circular sander and removed all the rust in a minute and tapered on a fine edge. Too fine for working with wood, but great for grass. Simon was quite impressed and asked me to tune up his machete. This took but another couple of minutes.
He then proceeded to work for forty minutes. In the picture to the right you can see the brown spot created by the area cleared by three gringos with machetes in the course of an hour. The remaining area, and much more, extending past the captured image was cleared by Simon in forty minutes.
I went to town to pick up a couple of girls. They were tired from their travels, despite only having come from Boquette, hardly an arduous trip. I dispatched a water taxi for them and headed out to Starfish Beach with Chris and Alejandra. We dropped by numerous boats on the way but people that had committed all backed out. Cool Boat Chris sailed over with his girlfriend Natti on his proa. There was next to no wind and we waited hours for him. A bonfire on the beach, grilled chicken and potatoes. We headed back and offered to tow Chris. They declined as there was a bit of wind and it was a clear, calm starry night. By the time we got back to town it had started to rain. I am sure it was a long, cold trip.
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