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Construction of the Mission Base (foundation)

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Starting to level the work site on the first day (1)
Starting to level the work site on the first day (2)
Starting to level the work site on the first day (3)
Starting to level the work site on the first day (4)
Starting to level the work site on the first day (5)
Digging trenches with pick and shovel
Pouring the footings in the trenches
Stating to lay block on the footings
2 blocks high for the foundation walls on the footings
Laying the block on the footings
Mixing the mortar with a shovel and by eye to the right consistancy
Bill Montgomery and the laborers
All of the foundation block layed except for access for the dump truck so fill could be backed in and dumped on the inside of the foundation walls
The lumber supplier in Croix des bouquets. Looking for lumbar to make the forms out of.
The back 2 pads are filled and leveled. Forms are going on to pour the back 20x28 pad.
A photo opportunity all those who labored with me hanging the forms for the pads.
Starting to pour the flat work on the back 20x28 pad
Notice the access for the dumptruck is completed now and the gravel fill is now being moved and leveled with a shovel and a rake,
The cement mixer from heaven
Doing the finishing work in the hot afternoon sun
The forms have been stripped from the back pad and are now in place on the front pad and just a little more fine grading to level it up before we pour.

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