Louisiana Trip - Days 7 and 8
I’m going back and entering for the days I didn’t get a chance to get online, so this entry might be fuzzy…
On Wednesday the team that I had been working with got a new house, but I stayed at the original work site to help with the work being done in the kitchen. We were able to get a good deal of paneling installed, which is harder work then you might think. The work was complicated by the fact that the floor and ceiling weren’t parallel, so measuring and cutting became difficult. The folks working on the back deck got it almost complete, which was cool to see. They did a great job, considering that they were given little direction on how to build a deck. Once the back deck was done, we could start taking apart the front porch, which wasn’t being completely redone, but was just getting a new floor. The guys had a good time swinging crowbars to break it into pieces.
Thursday was spent putting the finishing touches on the back deck and installing the new floor on the front porch. The work went quickly and by 3:00 most people were free to head back to the church to clean up. We were only able to get three of the cabinents hung in the new kitchen, but it was nice to see that much progress achieved. There was some electrical and flooring work which needed to be done before we could hang any more, so we decided to call it a day, as well, around 3:30. That night we went to a local restaurant, Schmoopy’s, which had great seafood. Everyone had a good time and was looking forward to going home.