Awake: 7:00am Temp 57 sleep 6+46 sunny overnight @Nicktown,PA.
After my 11:00am breakfast, neighbor Al & I met @ the Our Lady of Fatima Shrine between the church & school in Nicktown. The shrine, built sometime during the early 50's, was originally lit up @ night; long since has that brightness faded away.
For the last (5) yrs, Al has wanted to re-wire the system & return to a lit up Shrine @ night.
We began our project by spraying an orange paint path on the grass,
marking where we will dig a trench & bury our low voltage wiring inside a conduit; the total wire run is about (70) feet with (2) sidewalks to be tunneled underneath the concrete. Al, Oscar & I dug the trenches, with extra credit going to Al for doing more than us.
Using crowbars, pry bars, straight bars, anything we could find, even a few temporary helpers, we finally tunneled underneath the 1st sidewalk. Then I was able to begin laying the conduit; with wiring & sealing all conduit connections.
Late afternoon, Al & I began tunneling under the next sidewalk, even wider than the 1st. We were getting nowhere fast; we needed a longer steel bar. Finally we both agreed to call it a day.
Mid day, I made a trip to Spangler & Barnesboro with Kathy; she, to the library, thrift store & Dollar General; I to Strollo's for more wire & conduit.
Dinner: Pork chops for me & chicken for Kathy; with broccoli, cauliflower, fried noodles & mixed fruit salad.
Later evening, we called Nick in Seattle & wished him a "Happy Birthday" with (25) min more of good talk.
Lights out: 11:48pm
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