Enter one large, diesel-emitting, very loud cement mixer, with accompanying boom box playing KISS-FM even louder. We heard songs we have not heard since high school. Once after an AC/DC segment Lou Reed's "Take a Walk On the Wild Side" came on. You have to wonder if the KISS fans had ever listened to his lyrics.
Add to the mix five wheel-barrow shovel-wielding friends, willing to mess with concrete for the afternoon. Sadly, this is the only picture I managed to take, right before the cement started flowing. Once that happened, there was no stopping for photos.
Eric, Steven, Corvus, Dennis, and Bruce - you guys can move some concrete! - we so appreciate your help.
The chute could reach about 2/3 of the way around the stem walls, so the rest was moved in wheelbarrows. Heavy wheelbarrows. Two trucks and 13 1/2 yards of concrete later, the footings and stem walls were full of stiffening concrete.
The work was immediate and demanding, yet oddly satisfying. The perfect ending for the day was sharing a meal with everyone afterwards. Neal made cheesy potatoes, salad, grilled salmon, rockfish, some of Scott's beef, and even made a pie (strawberry rhubarb).
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