We awoke to the sound of the ranch... At three in the morning. Though the sounds of the birds singing and the goats screaming kept some awake, others caught up on their sleep. We got up slowly, not knowing exactly what the day had in store for us quite yet. Liam for example awoke to the news that a chicken had pooped inside his shoe.
Our project for the morning was building the palapa, a sunshade made from palmfronds. We started by collecting palm fronds and placing them In a large pile, so that we could easily soak them in water in the next step.

We used a hose connected to a nearby reservoir/pool to soak the leaves so they would be easier to work with, and then we left them out to dry for an hour or so.
After our short siesta we began prepping the palm fronds for use as shingles on the roof.

We poked holes near the base of the frond and threaded a piece of yucca to use as cordage to tie it to the roof.
Liam cut the palm fronds to size while the rest of us assembled the final products

We continued this process until we ran out of yucca pieces at which point we stopped to have lunch, farm fresh chicken and beans, as well as handmade tortillas.

This is the barebones palapa, from this point Don Cata climbed up onto the roof and began tying the palm fronds to the long bamboo poles.
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