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I got the chance to go surf finally and we surfed a beachbreak with only the three of us there.....nobody around...SWEET!

Another shot of the waves that were 3-5 feet and really fun!

a beauty coming in unridden when we first arrived

Heading out with anticipation...

A nice left!

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The new truck is getting a little dirty now..LOL

The rebar sticking up is where the floor of our upstairs will be..the view is GREAT!!

The material arena and piedra is dropped off at the bottom of the hill and we load our trucks with the excavator or (machino Pala..) Pala is shovel

Here is a view from our property in the early morning after a rain...the mist in the valley is beautiful.

This is Jason with his first Roosterfish ever. A solid 40lb fish caught on a popper!

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This is a photo I took from the property of the waves near a rivermouth last week and it was 10 feet and PERFECT....Aghhhhhh I was working...that hurt a little..LOL

A sunset shot from Chad's place.

Here is a view of the estuary from our property and isla silva adentro (inside) and isla silva afuera (outside)

CONCRETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's the boys working very hard and really excited to be on the cement phase after the long wait for sand (arena) and rock (piedra)

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digging out the foundation for the columns (colina's)

The excavation done and the final clearing out by manual labor!

The cement mixer that took 62 days from order in Costa Rica to get here after a 31 day hold up at the border. Fit nicely into the toyota though.

more excavator work being done

This is how they bend the rebar to shape it for the columns etc.

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SORRY!

This is one of the many vultures that fly around all afternoon looking for a snack...there BIG

This is a local kid Eric who surfs pretty darn good. This is a wave called Emily's near the surf camp Morro Negrito! I went there for one night to get a break.

This is Eric's little brother who is TEN! A nice turn for a ten year old..

Here is the beggining of the excavation of the bottom floor of the house where the two small hotel rooms for friends and family and future clients will stay to look at our land.

Here is the view from the house when it is done....LOL NICE!!!

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more work getting done now!!

Good morning from Panama!

This is our night watchman Maximillo!

The footing going in for the material shed. No cement used because it is not permenant

The walls going up!

A nice little tool shed almost complete

Even the tool shed has a nice view...LOL

Of course when you move dirt and jungle around you come across the locals..LOL A small Boa!

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Busy Busy...

The block and rebar will be ordered tommorow as well as the cement and should be delivered sat or monday. Also we have a small load of rock coming for the inside of the shed and a small walkway to the future house to help with storing materials.

Ciao'

some new pictures and some work getting done!

A bunch of kids jumped in for this picture of the kid with the baby howler monkey!
When I showed them their picture on my camera they ran around screaming and laughing.

The monkey with a monkey...LOL

This is a Tarantula....eeewww

The view is still very nice....

My boy Chad going to town on the excavator!

Moving the road down another 200 yds.

more work..wahoooo!

A close up of my good friend Willard Thompson! LOL

another of the kid with the monkey!

more later all!

Electric!

WHOA!!

Now most of you know I love lightning storms, rough weather in general has always peaked my interest. Well last night it was drizzling and making things very comfortable for a good night sleep with my old beat up fan spinning away. Around 2am things got interesting as a solid rumble complete with vibration crawled past the house causing me to stir a bit. Ahh, the rain started to pelt the tin roof and the distant rumbling of thunder is a perfect potion for sleeping for me. Sometime shortly after the distant rumble became more of a not so distant cracking...LOL
I was still half asleep but enjoying the sounds and the energy from the storm when a giant clap of thunder hit so nearby that the light on the patio shattered from the vibration! WOW...That one actually made me flinch for just a second. Sort of a cool experience with a little I hope it doesn't get any worse thrown in for good measure. The good news is that the power stayed on. My old fan kept things even cooler with the help of the heavy rain and the occasional firefly would momentarily light up the room.

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Curtis

Finally!

There was a school parade for the "elementary" age kids on saturday.

Here goes the parade past our mechanical parade...LOL

The truck finally coming to the bottom of the hill near our property to drop more rock.

Gotta love it...one more load and we will bring the materials like iron, concrete, etc up the hill.

FINALLY! Well after only 31 days of waiting the concrete mixers arrived today!

No forklift needed, just unload it on top of a load of gravel..LOL

They may not look like much, but they will keep three times as much cement going than the ones made in Panama. They are from San Jose Costa Rica and spent 14 days stuck in hold at the border for taxes etc.

Here is the diesel truck with the dropped drive shaft next to it. They got it fixed and it made it the other mile or so to our drop off area. Then on it's way out almost in the same place it broke again..WOW...They are back today to fix it.

Another picture of the diesel on the side of the road.