Almost there!

We got the beam up on the other side and all of the purlins set. Now we have

two thirds of them ready for decking.

Okay, Cameron and Josh said that since I showed the hole in the floor that the beam made when it got dropped, I had to show my mistake! One of my jobs on Friday and Saturday was to put the half logs in between the purlins. They are set on an angle so that when the decking is nailed to the top of the purlin there is not a gap. It was rather difficult to keep the log in place as it has to kind of sit on an angle towards the back of the log below and flush with the purlin. There is glue there too making it a little slippery. Then it has to be screwed down. This particular log had given me fits for quite a while. First it was too long and had to be cut off, then it was too tall and Randy had to cut some more off the top so it would'nt stick up too high. Finally it fit in place, but kept sliding down. Finally I got one screw in the right place and thought I had the other two in good until Saturday morning when Josh and Cameron noticed my two screws that didn't make the correct angle into the log below! I'll be correcting that this Saturday!

Lael and Dave came to check on the progress of the cabin.

Getting the beam into place for the rest of the purlins on the southwest side.