Watson is an amazing man. He has been such a loyal, trustworthy, and hard working companion. It was a lot easier to leave last week knowing that he was in charge of things, and he did even better than I'd expected. All foundation trenches have been dug and filled with rocks. This is a big deal, because I didn't think that they'd be able to get the rocks delivered because the road was so bad and trucks kept getting stuck all last week. He took care of payroll, bought the food for the week's lunches, promoted, demoted, and even fired to make things run smoother. He lives about 2 hours away by the time he takes the 5 tap taps to get there, but he is always the first one on the job site and the last one to leave. I have never heard him complain once. Whenever he gives me his opinion, I am all ears.
Here they are filling the trench with rocks, later to be filled more with gravel and then tamped and leveled. This is called a rubble trench foundation, and has been used effectively for thousands of years all over the world.
Jaime is flying in today from Belize to start the training on how to build with earthbags.
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