Really started , it's great

   We had quite a bit of fun getting the cabin down and the Crowley's hauled it to the new resting place on runaround pond. Weezie an I tidied up the site, cut down and got rid some trees and brush. We pushed the shed to the back limit, crowded in our tools and crap around it and set up a little cowboy kitchen. We're there most of our days there so we had to nest a bit! 

   The floor frame sections were first up and with some puzzling and the helpful hydraulics of the tractor(silky smooth) we got'em done and stacked waiting for the crane. Now we are on to the last few smallish timbers, set those off to side and then the digging begins in a couple a weeks!
 

The Cabin actually Lives On

Louise and Bruce have been working behind the scenes to kick this project into gear. Well that has paid off and have strung a number of events out over six months. Sold Wilton Lane for a tidy profit to a great young couple looking for a quiet neighborhood. Moved out of there with multiple landing spots, timbers hauled to a boatyard covered in rubber to winter, the American solution of self storage absorbed a chunk, the Bruce McCarthys volunteered some backyard for the outdoor type overflow,the dump and goodwill were visited plenty, and the critters came with us and the prized possessions to the cozy cabin where we enjoyed the easy winter ever!
  Now we are on the final approach as our appraisals are in, building permit in hand, and the bank still is telling us promising things to the point that we went ahead and had the big ass pine tree taken and put power from the house to a temporary pole. We spent our first nite with cooking on the grill and stepping over extension cords. 
   We are hoping the next few days bring news of a closing date and Bob Crowley showing up with his nail puller and some willing assistants to take the cabin to it's new life as a ranger station at their new yurt camping venture.
   Good luck to them,Us, and thanks to Jeff Croft for putting Bob onto us.    STAY TUNED

Happy Anniversary

A year ago today

We knew there'd be knees like this

The Whiskey Post

We Take a Moment To Get the Stack Just Right

 The shipwrights in the family explained the tradition that the final plank is celebrated as the Whiskey Plank. We felt it was okay to borrow the idea even if we only finished the Posts. It's a big piece of the puzzle!!

Finally all 14 Posts Cut, Labeled, and Stacked

Second shift moves posts along...

Nance and Herb take in all the details and ready to jump in!!!

Lance stops by for a few days and bangs some beams...

First shift... really set the bar!!!!

Jim brought his own chisels......

We can't thank Jim and John enough for there effort!!! We got a real bump in moving the posts further along, and just a treat to have them here!!! Three and a half posts left to tackle.....

John working the knees.....

Rainy day project.....

"cabin lives on", is gearing up.... testing one, two, three.......