Day 74: Saturday

While today was a weekend day, there wasn’t so much of an urge to sit around and do nothing, seeing that we already have so much downtime here. This morning, Kristin, Eric (who arrived last night), and I attempted to build one of the two supports for the water tanks. With limited tools (nails, wood, hammer, saw) we tried to make a structure that would hold a barrel of 200+ liters of water. We had drawn pictures of other supports we had observed at the Cresp garden in Yoff, and tried to replicate.

Without a leveling tool, we had a difficult time making everything even and flat (and level). However, with the help of Mr. Thioye, we were able to construct a pretty solid structure, and I feel very confident that it’s strong enough to support one of the water tanks. We’ll probably build the second support on Sunday or Monday (cause that’s all we have left to do until Ronald gets back.)

I ate lunch at Fatou’s for the second day in a row, and when I returned to my house, my family wasn’t so happy with me. Or at least I thought so…but Fatou said later that she talked to my mother and that they had just been kidding…

At around 6pm, I went with a few other people to the Laobe, a group of 3 women and men who are the artisans of the village. They make mostly crafts out of wood, and then burn designs in to them. They have made some really cool stuff, and it’s 100% authentic, which is something that’s surprisingly hard to find here.

Without any plans for tomorrow, I anticipate a pretty relaxing day…