Disassemble, repair, re-assemble.

A full, eight-hour workday devoted to this project (not counting lunch and naps), and we are close to completion. Luckily, no super-major destruction. The newly purchased high-lift farm jack, while heavy, made light work of all the heavy lifting.

Sue met the Geisers on the Lane, and George opined that the pier-destroying storm last week was the worst he has seen in forty-plus years of cottaging along the bay.

Today's weather perfect for pier work—sunny, warm, and mostly windless (and therefore waveless). And that is good because we spent quite a long time in and under the water. Hot shower before dinner felt good, none the less.