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Construction of the raft came down to the wire. I had only two weeks of vacation during the summer of 1998--two weeks in August. At the start of those two weeks, only one raft section was close to completion. That whole first week of vacation, I rose at sunrise and labored all day until past sundown building the raft. I thought the heat and exertion would do me in. The only thing that would have been worse would have been rain, since all construction was taking place outdoors. I collapsed my exhausted body into bed at night, and felt every muscle groan when I rolled out of bed in the morning. Arlen worked hard too; he became the master of the wood chisels.
Assembly Day • August 9, 1998Read my journal entry about the first time we assembled our raft.
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