We're getting ready for our construction team. Dale orders the wood 6 weeks in advance. It requires a permit to cut the tree. Done, they bring it over and get our approval. Then we wait for the full moon. The trees don't dry if cut earlier, the moon draws the moisture out. Then we wait, and wait and wait. Finally, the posts begin arriving by canoe. They are super heavy, and take 5 guys to carry, most grunting under the weight. Then again we wait, and wait, and finally all the wood arrives, the night before the team LEAVES. Such is life here in Panama.

The sand and gravel is much more timely. It arrives when ordered. Unfortunatly, they stacked it all on the dock, and the dock wasn't up to the weight. It caved. So, one more project on our list, new dock.