8/25-27/25 I went up to Camp Serendipity for 3 days: Monday through Wednesday.

I had a video conference with my doctor in the morning, so I got a late start. I arrived at Camp Serendipity at 3:10 in the afternoon. The temperature when I arrived was 94 degrees. It was quite a shock getting out of the air-conditioned truck. I brought my gear up in two trips, hoisted the flag, unpacked my gear, and then took a nice cool shower. The temperature inside the cabin was 82 degrees.

On Tuesday morning I was up and out to work early. Last week, Dave had found a gneiss stone with an unusual, convoluted shape. He had also identified a place in the stone wall where that stone would fit in nicely. I cleaned the stone up, added a few more stones, and then laid them in the wall using mortar batch #157. For the next hundred years, or so, people will be able to see Dave's stone and how nicely it fits in the wall.

After lunch and a nap, I walked to the grave in 92 degree heat. Then I checked the sequoia trees and did a little pruning. Back in the cabin, I filled and staged 8 water jugs. Then I had a nice cool shower.

On Wednesday morning, I was up and out to work early again. I started by loading the 8 water jugs into the truck. I used the wheelbarrow to haul all 8 jugs down to the truck in one trip. Then I harvested and cleaned a few stones and laid them up around the right-hand corner of the wall using mortar batch #158. It is awkward laying up stones in that part of the wall, so I have decided to concentrate on it and get it finished before I move on to the main wall in the front. I might have to invent some additional scaffolding to make it more accessible. We'll see.

I had to cut the week short in order to get the stitches removed from the Mohs surgery on my nose that I had last week. I cleaned up, packed up, watered Tiger, had my lunch, and left for home at 12:50. I had a lot of medical interruptions this month which slowed my stonemasonry progress, but so far, it looks like I'll have more time to work during September. Again, we'll see.