It rained all night last night. It came in waves and sometimes
it was pretty heavy. There wasn’t much wind to speak of, and this morning
things look calm with a leaden sky and light drizzle.
It didn’t rain much yesterday. At least not as much as we
expected. The cloud cover kept it a little cooler, but as Dave said at the end
of the day, the humidity felt like we’d been swimming.
The water system went together about as expected, and by the
end of the day we were ready to pressure test. As Rich Sutton plumbed us into
the local water supply he noticed he had no pressure, in spite of the 60 lbs
I’d measured at the school earlier in the day. As we investigated we discovered
a broken joint right at grade level and water gushing four feet into the air.
After some required triage, we finally put pressure on our system, only to
discover one unglued joint (Dave) and about a half dozen leaky threaded
fittings. That seemed like a good time to wrap it up for the day.
Today we return to repair and rebuild what’s necessary, and
then we’ll make some water and train Rich on the system. Maybe Dave will take
some pictures of Georgetown we can post. We hope to be moving on around
mid-day. Tonight we head to Belmopan and possibly dinner with friends Sheree
and Aki. Tomorrow is a question mark
We haven’t yet heard how badly Ambergris Caye was affected
by the hurricane. That will have a big impact on tomorrow’s schedule. I’m
planning to spend some time in Armenia and St Margaret, but Dave was scheduled
to head to the island for system #2. But then, the Living Waters watchword is:
flexible and creative. We’re putting that into practice this week.
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