! In the quiet hours of the bootcamp grind, I found myself: Esteban's Bootcamp Experience

B.E.L. Post # 219

This morning started with Leo and Melissa heading off with Stephen to fill up the two turtle water tanks and bring them to the Abbey. While they were there, Stephen answered their remaining questions about irrigation and the water pump, and they helped with the other tasks he had planned for the day.

Back at basecamp, I tasked Kathy with continuing to sand the patio picnic bench while Jesse worked on chop and drop. I spent the morning irrigating Lightning Hill before pairing up with Matt to rebuild two junkpole fence panels at basecamp. One of the rock jack's legs had failed, so we disassembled the two panels along with the damaged rock jack. I then walked Matt through building his very first rock jack, explaining each step as we went. It was great getting him some hands-on experience with that style of construction.

After lunch, I had Leo and Kathy continue working on the basecamp junkpole fence panels before moving over to the firewood rack project. Melissa picked up where Kathy left off on the picnic bench, watered the garlic patch, and began putting away the sprinklers and hoses before the end of the boot day.

Meanwhile, Matt, Jesse, and I headed to the Abbey to continue irrigating and work on the junkpole fencing. Jesse finished filling in all of the fence panels that Leo had framed, while I completed another panel from my section. That leaves just one more panel remaining from the section I framed, and we'll have that stretch wrapped up soon.