Another Day Another Panel

Aaron here with another central American update. The best news for the day is that we really like bridges, closely followed by guacamole. After careful consideration and much review, it was in fact a great day. The main objective for the day was to begin putting bridge panels out over the raging river. The puente panel putting process was discussed well into the night last night to determine how to best approach the process of mounting the panels. Our main concern was the timing of putting the panels on the cable and the ability of our panel making and painting crews to keep up with the pace. We were fairly confident that the crews could almost match the pace of the putting the panels on the cable. This morning we organized the crews to place the panels, and began manufacturing handrail connectors. The bridge team was short on people at first, and many Guatemalans came to help us place panels onto the cables. It was great to see them helping out hand in hand. We then pulled panels across the river and began to accumulate a bridge. Our big bridge grew and grew until there was half a puente (that's bridge, or so I have been told). We then ran out of dried, painted panels, and proceeded to fix any odd gaps in the bridge. There are still some issues that need to be worked out with getting the panels to line up squarely and straightly. On another topic there was some concern over whether David Stephens was going to make it through the day with an acceptable amount of fluid left in his digestive tract. Don't worry Donna we've got some medication that will clear David right up. We have been given some avocados which if we play our cards right, will be turned into that sweet nectar we call Guacamole. We love Guacamole only second to Jesus (not the Jesus who gave us the avocados) and Bridges.


Patterson giving it the ol sniff test


The who installed the bridge sideways? picture ( I forgot to rotate the picture)


It's a twin thing...