We started the day early again, leaving the house by 6am. Sam and I dropped off Jackson at the docks, where he went fishing for Mahi tuna with Jordan's friend Mike. Sam and me then went to get breakfast and I had Krispy Kreme for the first time, and we were off to Jordan's house to start the day. Today's project: building a boat ramp in Jordan's backyard. We went to Home Depot to get some bags of concrete mix, where they ended up bringing a forklift to Jordan's truck and we unloaded the 80-pound bags of concrete into his truck bed. 

When we got back, it was time to work. Jordan taught Sam and me how to make concrete from the mix we had. We mixed it with water in a wheel barrow, then poured it into the wood frames we set up yesterday. After 2 hours of making concrete, dumping it, then leveling it out, the ramps were done and they looked good. Photos are attached of our work.



Once the ramps were finished, the day was basically over. We went back to Home Depot to drop off some unused bags of concrete mix, then picked up a pizza and got Jackson at the docks. We went back to the house, moved a giant freezer the size of a refrigerator to Jordan's backyard, then ate the pizza. We wrapped up the day at 1pm. 

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