July 23 – Team 5, Day 5

Per Barb, while today wasn’t as dirty as yesterday, it was equally tiring. Lots of up and down and around. With today’s brisk SW wind, the island temps remained reasonable while the rest of the state simmered.

Tom & Marty painted the lantern room after a primer coat.

Barb Falkenhagen photo

As Tom was finishing up the exterior, Marty started lowering equipment and trash.

Barb Falkenhagen photo

Marty Rosalik photo

The team started examining the lantern room roof (which consists of 10 castings fitted together). We’d eventually like to create a replica vent ball. The original was lost while the station was operational and its replacement also went amiss, so securing it properly needs to be part of the planning.

The team also did prep work for next week’s boathouse work, making sure vegetation and stone were cleared from around the building.