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It's Thursday, August 10th. We got lost on the way to Bright School so the morning started out a little slow.

Our morning picked up when we arrived and got the trailer situated. This is from left to right, Pamela Bowles, Judy Hopen, and Peter Thomasson.


We found that the concrete pad was something over 31 feet in diameter, so the 35 footer we had planned and calculated for was too large. We recalculated the dimensions of the labyrinth so that it would fit their slab perfectly. The slab is not perfectly round, but the labyrinth will be. :-) When we saw the drain at the center of the slab, we thought, "What a novel idea."

We invested our morning in laying out our careful calculations. When we came back from lunch at 3 pm ( we left around 2 because it was raining cats and dogs), we found this:


The plastic we'd put on top of the labyrinth caught all the rain that had fallen. We did not think to cut a hole at the center for the drain. It will be interesting to see how this drain works in the fall with Autumn leaves covering it.

You may be able to see the trees on the far side of the labyrinth reflected in the pond of water that collected on our plastic. Our tape with its layout of careful calculations is soaked underneath the plastic. Wet tape won't stick.

The good news is that we dried the slab, re-layed out the measurements and got the entrance lines cut into the concrete before it began to rain again at 7:15.

It rained again this evening. It may be that we'll need to lay out many of our measurements again in the morning. This same pattern happened with Robert and I in Columbia, Missouri. Let's hope the rain is over until we've completed this labyrinth!

We met a crowd of wonderful people today. Janet at the front desk was the first to greet us. Then came OJ Morgan, Headmaster; Dave Mathewson, Business Manager; Mark Hixson,Tennessee Valley Contrators.
Mark's company does site preparation and concrete work. The slab he made is very beautiful - consistant, flat, evenly textured. Finally, Mike, our helper arrived.

It's really fulfilling to realize that we can't do this without the involvement of the community. Making a permanent labyrinth takes a lot of people working to a mutual goal.

Please visit Robert Ferre's web site Labyrinth Enterprises for complete information on how to have your own labyrinth!

See my labyrinth jewelry here!

This page was last updated by Chuck Hunner on August 10th, 2006.