Lots to catch up on

So much has happened at the cabin in the past few days. It might take a couple of posting to get you up to speed.

Thursday Kody and Randy went up and unloaded the last truck full of logs. Hopefully this will be enough to finish since this is a figure out what exactly we need as we go project! They were able to work on some more of the walls upstairs in the bedrooms.The excavator was there digging the holes for the septic tank and drain field. This is a great time to get these in so we won't have to fight the wetness of spring. If next spring is as wet as this past winter/spring, we may not have been able to get the septic tank in until July!

Septic Tank Hole

Drain Field

The plan is to have the septic tank delivered on Monday the 2oth, Inspected on Tuesday and then burried on Wednesday. The best news about this is that first thing next spring we can hook up a real toilet in the cabin and not have the "Honey Bucket" on the property!! I'd insist on one next week, but I don't want the freezing issues to deal with this winter.

Friday Justin, Randy and I went up and continued working on the bedroom walls upstairs. We had a great assembly line going - once we could keep the chain saws running!

Friday Morning's wall height


Friday afternoon's wall height. It made it this tall in the back also. which you can't see.

Randy Josh and Cameron headed up early Saturday morning. I stayed to get the store open and a few thing done (like shop for food for lunch!) Jen and Jane and I drove up to fix lunch and see what we could do to help. As we were coming down the road and could start to see the cabin through the now leaf-less trees this was the sight we saw!

The beam was in place to start the purlins for the roof on the one side! It was awesome to drive up and see that sight!!It was quite the process to get the purlins in place. There was only one mishap, and that happened before the crowd got there to watch. The main beam got out of balance on the forklift and fell from the top and went through the tongue and groove floor of the second level and crashed through the floor of the main level to the basement! It was a good thing we weren't there preparing lunch yet!

The hole in the tongue and groove, covered up with a peace of plywood on top.

There is a lot to show about getting ths purlins up so I'm going to show you it in a slide presentation.

We appreciate Jared, Mickey and Cooper coming up to help on Saturday. Even Lofi got into the action! It was a great day to get much accomplished. Maybe winterizing at least the two sides isn't so far away afterall! Keep your fingers crossed for good weekend weather.