The next day, paul and rebecca tied 3, 4, and 5 foot strings to make right angles. Using this and a line level, we laid out the remaining outline for the footers. We were forced to cut one small tree that was in the middle of the house. We used the machete to do this. THis was my first logging experience with a machete. Everyone took a swing. Mike especially had a vigor for the machete.

We put the other 4 footers in the ground, after tamping the soil by heavy up 100 pound buckets of concrete, then poured water around them and shoveled in dirt. We had a foundation. I stood and looked at the footings for this future casita. It looked good.

I think it was this night that the building crew drove to Olga's and we ate on the beach, mariscos, and fish and imperial beer.