tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57410341200197954262024-03-27T18:52:57.461-05:00The Wolf Creek CabinThe building of a small vacation cabin in beautiful Montana.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-85162243122321927682012-08-12T19:30:00.001-05:002012-08-12T19:30:23.962-05:00(3) Simple GoalsThe family schedules only allowed for one trip this year. With only Bronte and I making the trip we had (3) simple goals; finish the exterior trim and siding, cut the dead trees around the cabin and fly fish the Missouri with Bronte.<br />
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The weather for our trip this year was HOT. The daily temperatures reached the mid 90's making planning your work schedule important. It has been a dry year there also with only 7 inches of precipitation (snow or rain) for the year.<br />
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Saw horses in use again. The perfect work site.<br />
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A large dead Douglas Fir on our walk down to the stream.<br />
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The road to the cabin was in great shape (minus the new speed bumps). </div>
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A hazy view continental divide given the smoke from the fires to the SE.</div>
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A Montana light show.<br />
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Goal #1: Finish the Exterior.<br />
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Goal #2: Cut Down the Dead Trees.</div>
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Goal #3: Fly Fishing with Bronte.</div>
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Light rain and cloudy conditions welcomed me back to the cabin. With the shakes wet they looked stained and the whole cabin had a finished appeal to it. A few dead trees had fallen close to the cabin but to my surprise everything was just as we had left it. The first order of business was to inspect the cabin for visitors. I immediately noticed droppings, likely those of a pack rat, at the front door sill so I expected the worst as I open the door. To my amazement, I did not find a single indication that <u>anything</u> had been inside the cabin. Actually, I only found one spider, no flies or stink bugs and most important no bears were seeking refuge in our little shack.<br />
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I was able to walk the property that first day I arrived. I decided to walk down towards the stream and found some nice game trails and remnants of a recent Mule deer kill.<br />
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With all of the boards sanded I started to frame out the walls where the bathroom, half wall and benches would be that define the sitting area below the loft area. The plan is to have benches on three walls under the loft and on the adjoining wall to the bathroom a murphy bed will fold down and rest on the benches when in use.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the walls framed I started to lay the redwood boards. Sherry and I had been in a store in Madison that had similar T&G boards and they did not try to butt the boards tightly but instead exposed the space (created by the tongue) in varied gaps. I was glad this was the look we were looking for because 150 year old boards do not fit perfectly together after that many years of weathering. The work went fairly fast other than when I had to cut boards to go around beams and braces. Overall I was only marginally happy with the look of the floor as it was definitely darker than I had hoped for but was still optimistic that when sealed the grain would be much more pronounced. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh yeah, my fly fishing. Forty degree temps, high winds and limited spare time did not allow for me to hit the river on this trip. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NEXT YEAR !!!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-38871480086436094292011-07-10T20:16:00.054-05:002011-07-17T20:53:04.882-05:00Another Sucessful YearThis year's trip started with a 3 hour packing effort that rivaled the toughest levels of Tetris. The load on the Jeep, knowing the U-Haul was likely over the allowed weight limit, was a concern not lost as we headed out that Friday morning. <br /><br />As posted earlier, I was pleased to have my Dad and brother-in-law joining me on the drive out this year. It didn't take long for us to see the wide spread flooding as we moved West. Rivers were so far from their normal levels it was difficult to determine their normal paths. Little did we know as we passed the exit for Minot ND that the town was being evacuated that very day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONUGbBVZ_n08RbrU90meLe3k5X8myfTOrO9oyl6zYLXEOuWcuEWpBRYiolbIZkGYgefix4ofj6pHRfVXozJtWLNHuhNl8eeJ9g52V9y1rPtHOT1xhDKku47W-ZA5hZGgtW_JG9G7Zrmvz/s1600/Picture+025.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONUGbBVZ_n08RbrU90meLe3k5X8myfTOrO9oyl6zYLXEOuWcuEWpBRYiolbIZkGYgefix4ofj6pHRfVXozJtWLNHuhNl8eeJ9g52V9y1rPtHOT1xhDKku47W-ZA5hZGgtW_JG9G7Zrmvz/s400/Picture+025.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629659667393472290" /></a><br />We logged a rather long day of driving the first day and then stayed just East of the Montana border making day two a much shorter drive. The next morning we crossed the state on Hwy 200 the longest state highway in the country. We stopped in Great Falls for some quick supplies and then headed down Interstate 15 towards Wolf Creek. Stopping about a mile from the Wolf Creek exit, Dad enjoys the rocky cliffs that define the area.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzcARYCTwmwkEV3Mj9uNgDA-I2IROZw_WFzUWpkS0n2Q-Y5dOI3ufQCPIn_sWMzkyOOJgrZkk6mWjMnXbePam8BEUX8PBmYSGd5Mt-uGuleFLUNUlgHXg0m33WAyNDSLKCwWMPqWusY1-/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzcARYCTwmwkEV3Mj9uNgDA-I2IROZw_WFzUWpkS0n2Q-Y5dOI3ufQCPIn_sWMzkyOOJgrZkk6mWjMnXbePam8BEUX8PBmYSGd5Mt-uGuleFLUNUlgHXg0m33WAyNDSLKCwWMPqWusY1-/s400/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628636891099130322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJRJECTNyagV7_nbHdlq8WiHNR7eWIoPKXtUVEFj6NiBlBklCdlbTwNfKFkvFRoTadGj3T8RdwfZwmYXsIFwjYYOWo35dgqNtUkGkLRka6ks7Yl94FGguKt3_QOG5TWpJ1Arjp3sxhJhn/s1600/Picture+029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJRJECTNyagV7_nbHdlq8WiHNR7eWIoPKXtUVEFj6NiBlBklCdlbTwNfKFkvFRoTadGj3T8RdwfZwmYXsIFwjYYOWo35dgqNtUkGkLRka6ks7Yl94FGguKt3_QOG5TWpJ1Arjp3sxhJhn/s400/Picture+029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628973042226814322" /></a><br />Luckily for us the water had receded enough to allow passage as we turned off the recreation road leading to the cabin . The Prickly Pear still looked more like a raging river compared to its normal passive self. <br /><br />With all of the rain the meadow was again very green this year. Lupine were in full bloom with other flowers coming later in the visit as the temperatures rose and the weather dried. Bitterroots were not as numerous this year, but did come out in greater numbers by the second week.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9SSx9iL_vYWmyN97hxNqP5ZCXw-OynEzuhCISYHyLNiAdOiLyDKRVLlAO6CunN9P2_opcmmbWoJnMmaNDb4rfAjZzwjFdLUtKLzzpgrAiX5h3nRvHSzIdKxkRAsz6w0Nb4qRK01O5iUs/s1600/IMG_5033.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9SSx9iL_vYWmyN97hxNqP5ZCXw-OynEzuhCISYHyLNiAdOiLyDKRVLlAO6CunN9P2_opcmmbWoJnMmaNDb4rfAjZzwjFdLUtKLzzpgrAiX5h3nRvHSzIdKxkRAsz6w0Nb4qRK01O5iUs/s400/IMG_5033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628889664995332578" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ep0HKd0tHfxJMb1HO4Gc5BbGaUGPCWF4RrI7AFjSc-RCSN6hP7o8uTmv2YYG2zkTldb8-P1RrHbgLeRcpveNBs0q_dR3h2yp1VwCuGJHe0eG3cuyklmLRm5es5Sy8gr2GqibkhhlWGuJ/s1600/IMG_5103.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ep0HKd0tHfxJMb1HO4Gc5BbGaUGPCWF4RrI7AFjSc-RCSN6hP7o8uTmv2YYG2zkTldb8-P1RrHbgLeRcpveNBs0q_dR3h2yp1VwCuGJHe0eG3cuyklmLRm5es5Sy8gr2GqibkhhlWGuJ/s400/IMG_5103.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628893385358209218" /></a> <br />We made quick work of unloading the trailer and set up camp the first night. The next day we made a supply run into Helena garnering the additional building materials and supplies for this year's task list. The lumber order was delivered later in the afternoon completing the getting everything there, unpacked and all of the supplies in one place phase.<br /><br />Having Rick there was a big help. One task he worked on was to frame the door openings for my less than perfect doors. The dutch door was made from full 1" oak from the wood I had cut from our home in Wisconsin and the more rustic front door was made using old barn rafters from a barn I had disassembled some years back. <br /><br />I think the amount of time my Dad was able to spend was perfect. We had time to dine with Dan and Dawn one evening, do the Ox Bow loop and still hit the Frenchman for a good greasy burger.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iqYTioFTSnNZs1MWvPnXaCiqGbQO9hiS5vIGopNSwKBUuDG5g4x6HYB-EfyP0kjCxJmjqk4tw-w15MCIZNFe2SUE98MH-xu1PkXWNxSFfY7XLPdkGohBjzT0yrfERzCpLpv6T7Taoq-c/s1600/023.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iqYTioFTSnNZs1MWvPnXaCiqGbQO9hiS5vIGopNSwKBUuDG5g4x6HYB-EfyP0kjCxJmjqk4tw-w15MCIZNFe2SUE98MH-xu1PkXWNxSFfY7XLPdkGohBjzT0yrfERzCpLpv6T7Taoq-c/s400/023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628652800334950450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1YVhZuZpkaI3gPE-FYGq9WENBmdWoPRTBPisVW4ui6Ye1UlmCgk7S67PamtQIwFp05FXnYWgRPOuSJ8pdICCf6rQRMgBGLS9nqKPBVTyjhShyphenhyphenl5sFwjlyDGly-4yyBtAGCb22Y1joD4m/s1600/IMG_5029.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1YVhZuZpkaI3gPE-FYGq9WENBmdWoPRTBPisVW4ui6Ye1UlmCgk7S67PamtQIwFp05FXnYWgRPOuSJ8pdICCf6rQRMgBGLS9nqKPBVTyjhShyphenhyphenl5sFwjlyDGly-4yyBtAGCb22Y1joD4m/s400/IMG_5029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628663764582468674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0brXm6Xqe2dLx69QcZ-r4ZWZeomL1BR2PVDFS9eXN3T8jitdDFm87T0xmo2GsTdshRGd06zTUX1MxDwimlkF48YIDwkSDC6Dm4Sf2AlYce9hYIVOJ6IncxLnzEljV64udDOOXgWfaFUyz/s1600/020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0brXm6Xqe2dLx69QcZ-r4ZWZeomL1BR2PVDFS9eXN3T8jitdDFm87T0xmo2GsTdshRGd06zTUX1MxDwimlkF48YIDwkSDC6Dm4Sf2AlYce9hYIVOJ6IncxLnzEljV64udDOOXgWfaFUyz/s400/020.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628652787308067090" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6J2h8WeoJrrK6dSpCBSCfyCPhZfKmP0ib7gphyphenhyphenkJse366y-ib1KaqbgEPZgcLeA-FdE8pfTywIdDMbwLkW28PTG_k0cwbM23x5jtRdn6gazqkwMn84IYOgH0FwGVZUFTSXm2iQlab2nv/s1600/008+%25283%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6J2h8WeoJrrK6dSpCBSCfyCPhZfKmP0ib7gphyphenhyphenkJse366y-ib1KaqbgEPZgcLeA-FdE8pfTywIdDMbwLkW28PTG_k0cwbM23x5jtRdn6gazqkwMn84IYOgH0FwGVZUFTSXm2iQlab2nv/s400/008+%25283%2529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628652778068289122" /></a><strong>Dad/Rick - Thanks again for making the trip.</strong><br /><br />We then drove down to Bozeman to take them to the airport and then I dropped off the U-Haul. During the day, I ran errands to pick up odds and ends that were still outstanding. Although frustrating to spend that much time shopping in such a beautiful area, it did allow me an opportunity to see more of Bozeman than I might have otherwise. I liked Bozeman and can honestly say I could see us living there someday. Sherry and the kids weren't coming in until later that evening so I checked into the hotel early, took a long hot shower and a needed nap. <br /><br />In the morning, with the original crew reassembled, we headed back to the mountain. Dan not only helped by allowing me to use some of his power tools (yes enough of the hand tool only mantra) but as always provided much appreciated help and support when needed. Admittedly, getting the doors and windows framed took MUCH longer than I expected. As Dan worked on framing the front door, I started cutting the openings for the windows. Small suggestion - move equipment away from outside walls when using a sawzsall. I cut straight through the leg of the fiberglass Werner ladder I had rented. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqacnXBB8xNCm8pcOo4ARiLdZ9V5wZ2zdcbK_UExR1ELfbLWZjZDBqX1o1dQvGwcso320SDChhAP9it_LskJl-qWqdinhWzS99zuYHiZm_RMTgLNWJ8dntgr_Ga2CT3OmhZthged68f79a/s1600/029.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqacnXBB8xNCm8pcOo4ARiLdZ9V5wZ2zdcbK_UExR1ELfbLWZjZDBqX1o1dQvGwcso320SDChhAP9it_LskJl-qWqdinhWzS99zuYHiZm_RMTgLNWJ8dntgr_Ga2CT3OmhZthged68f79a/s400/029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628669178947745298" /></a> Opening up the cabin, even in the rough state, made a big difference in the feel of the cabin. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAOoBCZ9GNqolMsQBqLC-Q5UomWot_NJZxTu0-0KmEH3We4fqjK5qOj6j4VRIhm1bEfOqjbplmOKUUD1sFyEeID9GAyQ0_9Mi6Z4aUe2U4XsioQUbhie5qNlak_epbTpArIQvVVMuD-qk/s1600/IMG_5068.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAOoBCZ9GNqolMsQBqLC-Q5UomWot_NJZxTu0-0KmEH3We4fqjK5qOj6j4VRIhm1bEfOqjbplmOKUUD1sFyEeID9GAyQ0_9Mi6Z4aUe2U4XsioQUbhie5qNlak_epbTpArIQvVVMuD-qk/s400/IMG_5068.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628969661729296754" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3cZh9Go2TYAhNY2MPHpK7irsC4f-HGoH5OL1Y3UWcBpnt-xYLvf3ieaVLMBVXGeIVyWFXG-Gx0BDvbF0NU7yXCPRSL3ZgJuQFKj1_-d7jWuMFS8Hmo_24SDDKA2T8Tu43_H32i2t1ESb/s1600/IMG_5063.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3cZh9Go2TYAhNY2MPHpK7irsC4f-HGoH5OL1Y3UWcBpnt-xYLvf3ieaVLMBVXGeIVyWFXG-Gx0BDvbF0NU7yXCPRSL3ZgJuQFKj1_-d7jWuMFS8Hmo_24SDDKA2T8Tu43_H32i2t1ESb/s400/IMG_5063.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628969657209602466" /></a><br />The hand forged hinges and pintles looked nice on the doors. I tried my hand at smithing over several weekends but in the end I bought the hinges from Kelly Wetzel of Blackhand Forge. He offers classes from his shop in Union Groove. Smithing is much harder than it looks. I did make some latches and miscellaneous pieces that I will need to attach on the next trip. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PH1P3y8DvLRjDolopuugplBpzd3kBlFec5utiSkqG6VwbJ8GFEHhbulL-QbjaxHJI5OkmQrcHDf3sFwBDLSJq1AQ5qUhgCc7AX5RKcC7qGdrBtxdLx6zUzUQHYumQh8By1Fh5f6JgBrJ/s1600/184.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PH1P3y8DvLRjDolopuugplBpzd3kBlFec5utiSkqG6VwbJ8GFEHhbulL-QbjaxHJI5OkmQrcHDf3sFwBDLSJq1AQ5qUhgCc7AX5RKcC7qGdrBtxdLx6zUzUQHYumQh8By1Fh5f6JgBrJ/s400/184.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629987613398301154" /></a><br /><br />With the timber frame structure, framing the windows was little more than wrapping just enough to screw them to the existing timbers and wall girts. Dan and I continued to make window frames while the rest of the crew helped place the windows, tape the windows, cut the trim boards and frame them with the treated 1x8 Douglas fir trim boards.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeoM1nwXx34pKN_mjuSL5H9Fw_oGTssdPRYeAFBZyl1CgWGhnt9dc1zQXR6GDPn8JgZ5K1e8zIP8W1dHYsHvT84yUdn0yyOvwpUSMUE21X6wEff-81rFcfWknfcl5YjEhTOZiYv2ncxRI/s1600/IMG_5064.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeoM1nwXx34pKN_mjuSL5H9Fw_oGTssdPRYeAFBZyl1CgWGhnt9dc1zQXR6GDPn8JgZ5K1e8zIP8W1dHYsHvT84yUdn0yyOvwpUSMUE21X6wEff-81rFcfWknfcl5YjEhTOZiYv2ncxRI/s400/IMG_5064.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628972575277785218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNEhCKsDlVHP6W12q5ks2IbwRv0xaYMevy2L2l8FlAHDzE8QUsIStWVEHPIuCdu2he81JZitPDNEn3pZftcwkvcDU7wnd6kA-mQto74gBFjImBK71MpjpptbATP7-lFa_ZE3VvRTM9RZ_/s1600/IMG_5086.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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On the way out of town we bought fishing licenses and some brighter flies to try our luck flyfishing. We then returned to the meadow for some impromptu casting lessons for the kids. Lucky for us, at the base of our road there is a fishing access point to the Prickly Pear.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8Ok9pKfYTGfTVZg1nTEB-SXUX6iJlimFL4mPF85v8AOaC8Av9_cPX8A_vGTdQ1GRQgstz2B2W711dcp4vdaWTljEC7u2Ig-t7DZIB2GNmqkW2a7r6A3j0ATAM1WG-8KiJAVJbDWZ3wxu/s1600/IMG_5117.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8Ok9pKfYTGfTVZg1nTEB-SXUX6iJlimFL4mPF85v8AOaC8Av9_cPX8A_vGTdQ1GRQgstz2B2W711dcp4vdaWTljEC7u2Ig-t7DZIB2GNmqkW2a7r6A3j0ATAM1WG-8KiJAVJbDWZ3wxu/s400/IMG_5117.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629958425609645026" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWs9obpxnjGb16FwyaDxIAoXzEICIQDmN7U9wwMM10Qzk-1joHkQ3eiZdEOaxPAeyLCrxlcMt0iVT6bKDA8VEjEL8wjO9bA_QDT_aF0FF09MR9q5q2R9CKtYuzyfQ368yjuuC5F7nuN-oC/s1600/IMG_5125.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWs9obpxnjGb16FwyaDxIAoXzEICIQDmN7U9wwMM10Qzk-1joHkQ3eiZdEOaxPAeyLCrxlcMt0iVT6bKDA8VEjEL8wjO9bA_QDT_aF0FF09MR9q5q2R9CKtYuzyfQ368yjuuC5F7nuN-oC/s400/IMG_5125.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629958436752443474" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4JaC6ofEYZWu_zRChonKfiiApDYXnbRntSFRrWaXUaj_F7uA8wK4VE-jmE7IvxMV2bFjCJ0W78sWRi2lrt9pMuSkj6bi1KlRrSlMArgmxNMySXgoakPMsDsPNL2ivZzRTba2yWzGo-16/s1600/IMG_5221.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4JaC6ofEYZWu_zRChonKfiiApDYXnbRntSFRrWaXUaj_F7uA8wK4VE-jmE7IvxMV2bFjCJ0W78sWRi2lrt9pMuSkj6bi1KlRrSlMArgmxNMySXgoakPMsDsPNL2ivZzRTba2yWzGo-16/s400/IMG_5221.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629960218643678882" /></a><br />Even on the normally small and placid stream, wading was not an options. Casting from shore with the speed of the water was less than ideal conditions. Although I did not catch anything, this half hour was personally the most enjoyable part of the trip. I look forward to my second trip out this year so I can strap on some waders and work a stream. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zwfPcQ71ZNaKXu6Rig0b3soAnHQrYOiuflYNlOy4o5p5Ci1iUJAIPFh9mPGi5LkVUzhAKqB0CpmvZBr7ceukhvFK86-fr_PtWtqrmYUNEZWd2G3M1ofLc_Dsy8eHSB3kLQRwS-H6DYcU/s1600/IMG_5137.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zwfPcQ71ZNaKXu6Rig0b3soAnHQrYOiuflYNlOy4o5p5Ci1iUJAIPFh9mPGi5LkVUzhAKqB0CpmvZBr7ceukhvFK86-fr_PtWtqrmYUNEZWd2G3M1ofLc_Dsy8eHSB3kLQRwS-H6DYcU/s400/IMG_5137.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629961411072645138" /></a><br />We decided to take the short drive up to Holter Lake and catch some private fireworks for the fourth of July. The show was small but the area is so beautiful and the drive always produces plenty of wildlife. This year we saw a cow elk, the normally numerous ospry, muley and whitetail sightings. The sunset over Holter Lake was the best show of the evening.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkpJkYLZO1rMZG2KtUbNEnYEjXE1O50BbpydqAL1l7iob1-DrsinWEhW-nNwvQCU9DiJuGcuZ4dJiH5IQyIa3o5kR8An1tvGp3uYi188yW9nDc6k46n74ky6anQwqb5b9CstvVdWv2K5e/s1600/IMG_5176.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkpJkYLZO1rMZG2KtUbNEnYEjXE1O50BbpydqAL1l7iob1-DrsinWEhW-nNwvQCU9DiJuGcuZ4dJiH5IQyIa3o5kR8An1tvGp3uYi188yW9nDc6k46n74ky6anQwqb5b9CstvVdWv2K5e/s400/IMG_5176.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629967290129433842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9UOzizc3qQ_dsxy9XZSpw8RfWPG4FBGOwVuU1mXbZiTij4lZAbismxn-iN05hZyZyjxr_4OFDgJfW5kW6wsuBmyjDcrvVnZv2I0YCAElJvhtBirWSXQcxlvinA_6_RS_x6hwjdFXcBAy/s1600/IMG_5177.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9UOzizc3qQ_dsxy9XZSpw8RfWPG4FBGOwVuU1mXbZiTij4lZAbismxn-iN05hZyZyjxr_4OFDgJfW5kW6wsuBmyjDcrvVnZv2I0YCAElJvhtBirWSXQcxlvinA_6_RS_x6hwjdFXcBAy/s400/IMG_5177.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629967280210747794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaT08T9MmRq_nrGu-BO3043boclDHRAIo0mIWm2FbFRNFOp6km_07VqLIjNnLk9XSScwffBS03_ZMOs4b68qaetsYxEJMvn7ECAnwgXyBtadZvtKrKvost1JCCYrgTBDbW3u72je7jrSws/s1600/IMG_5181.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaT08T9MmRq_nrGu-BO3043boclDHRAIo0mIWm2FbFRNFOp6km_07VqLIjNnLk9XSScwffBS03_ZMOs4b68qaetsYxEJMvn7ECAnwgXyBtadZvtKrKvost1JCCYrgTBDbW3u72je7jrSws/s400/IMG_5181.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629968914095314946" /></a><br />It was back to the salt mine. With only two days left, we needed to finish triming windows, corners and the roof peaks so we could start applying the cedar shakes. Unfortunetly, the staple gun I rented could not be used since neither the generator we borrowed from Walt and Delores nor the Honda generator we tried from Paul would run Dan's compressor. So we were back to the hand tool mode for nailing the trim, vertical siding and cedar shakes. After our normal camp side breakfast, Sherry and the kids worked fairly independantly cutting and nailing boards while I started nailing the cedar shakes. Dan stopped up in the morning and helped with the tall end of the cabin and the trim boards. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORDT9GExmYHi4iS8W__7MvOmBiSMP8G22TQUp3gYxqu-rGCEHqdf7P634_vk-MQAe4LgTgKOfRL3zWcAxGqlb-2PQ7uDRNgIQoINI4aswe8xACjmM5N1pSmuQc0ssRd5ip6B5ug7DpY4O/s1600/IMG_5057.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORDT9GExmYHi4iS8W__7MvOmBiSMP8G22TQUp3gYxqu-rGCEHqdf7P634_vk-MQAe4LgTgKOfRL3zWcAxGqlb-2PQ7uDRNgIQoINI4aswe8xACjmM5N1pSmuQc0ssRd5ip6B5ug7DpY4O/s400/IMG_5057.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629972566682435090" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTA7ZhZH9hwdQvV_4LMieIpICuOnXkER4s_Nu2iNh4BUTi7G_XTJsLuyjyt0oqjJEwMIAf0AJHr2jJBst8IVXv74EHm6dW4Uv7OfJ6gE-IOH5Q3Om-3_DBY6K27NNdLibTnivhAcJLrtDS/s1600/IMG_5166.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:cepnter;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTA7ZhZH9hwdQvV_4LMieIpICuOnXkER4s_Nu2iNh4BUTi7G_XTJsLuyjyt0oqjJEwMIAf0AJHr2jJBst8IVXv74EHm6dW4Uv7OfJ6gE-IOH5Q3Om-3_DBY6K27NNdLibTnivhAcJLrtDS/s400/IMG_5166.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628974795591579970" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnlli-_jCY-2YZdg7ih8cfZ8Mwz2Mq3yN5eeL355ythrgJxcZgDyRWCLtruoaGpTpGUTaOI0LbiQJh5Y3DtIUax-6YbWlw-fRvid8bdXEwucCvChPdmr2yOkK_nVIu_BinHiMhDR66u9i/s1600/IMG_5172.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnlli-_jCY-2YZdg7ih8cfZ8Mwz2Mq3yN5eeL355ythrgJxcZgDyRWCLtruoaGpTpGUTaOI0LbiQJh5Y3DtIUax-6YbWlw-fRvid8bdXEwucCvChPdmr2yOkK_nVIu_BinHiMhDR66u9i/s400/IMG_5172.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629975169238229938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1p4u_e4NPYgN6ePP-xyzSwqCTSsmfq_55JJ5tDFpCF08_QMU8SoYDCCJnN_B7gDY9fRXbeBH3D8cjDU5wysWRcTFR9_3VM_eWfO-Ol3Rvshxw6Oo4BDNqf79wW7BFq800QEQVr4Ok-yN/s1600/IMG_5170.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1p4u_e4NPYgN6ePP-xyzSwqCTSsmfq_55JJ5tDFpCF08_QMU8SoYDCCJnN_B7gDY9fRXbeBH3D8cjDU5wysWRcTFR9_3VM_eWfO-Ol3Rvshxw6Oo4BDNqf79wW7BFq800QEQVr4Ok-yN/s400/IMG_5170.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629975161525095538" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdWod6d1EahyfQisRzhkBZ5OM0bHv2R12XU_AbyRwzrQuGwBF_-SarusZ-ACx1jwS4sf99QcnYsBqCjqUyNgQVO5tngTbSmjczmLmURuxwEaCZGs_TpLYVQ5PdAbmMzvXqdVPu_daQncE/s1600/IMG_5190.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdWod6d1EahyfQisRzhkBZ5OM0bHv2R12XU_AbyRwzrQuGwBF_-SarusZ-ACx1jwS4sf99QcnYsBqCjqUyNgQVO5tngTbSmjczmLmURuxwEaCZGs_TpLYVQ5PdAbmMzvXqdVPu_daQncE/s400/IMG_5190.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629976788904835330" /></a><br />Initially Bronte/I and Sherry/Clayton teamed up to do the shakes, but apparently the shakes weren't as much "fun" as I had been building them up to be so I became the shake-man. We went with a random/staggered look that helped in shake selection, but with all of the trim and the 12/12 peak it went slower than I had wanted. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSwv1mM625kJ5V1H9VhjzTRM9ixy5Q20yKEmR90q0uoBF0LByso45qk6PeelomC_EuI10Z9CdexpAgEeEZ4exXzDvFdIHnHeXURnhzzCJnAPgRvtpeL92cOGjgsdy7bK-309I9T7xCXYJ/s1600/IMG_5192.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSwv1mM625kJ5V1H9VhjzTRM9ixy5Q20yKEmR90q0uoBF0LByso45qk6PeelomC_EuI10Z9CdexpAgEeEZ4exXzDvFdIHnHeXURnhzzCJnAPgRvtpeL92cOGjgsdy7bK-309I9T7xCXYJ/s400/IMG_5192.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629979269249474402" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrlhoSMKkrtZYM1hVVLxU1lDYvAvXxPLsxoQKipRci02ew1L4zRMRmZbxi4_IbUBKDOnJDDsYAbHuWUoF1mYvWGUHbi-Kd_3jIUIrQOeMFkXi5Uu2ePgHXIS0ddJBxHHh8d5KRTMk4oGx/s1600/IMG_5195.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrlhoSMKkrtZYM1hVVLxU1lDYvAvXxPLsxoQKipRci02ew1L4zRMRmZbxi4_IbUBKDOnJDDsYAbHuWUoF1mYvWGUHbi-Kd_3jIUIrQOeMFkXi5Uu2ePgHXIS0ddJBxHHh8d5KRTMk4oGx/s400/IMG_5195.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629979260161159202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcttQkkaBJV8Z7oOqc68Xov9396sjgCMpal4Yp9wc1o75AikC8Ako2G2xluIQUXFOlkKSUq5iVQKXG0jqZcoi9Yk8VcFIOSjtB_quse8dNsejnaCyW1Abv8g4_woMV8mC0_u4NNrnwsZ5C/s1600/IMG_5200.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcttQkkaBJV8Z7oOqc68Xov9396sjgCMpal4Yp9wc1o75AikC8Ako2G2xluIQUXFOlkKSUq5iVQKXG0jqZcoi9Yk8VcFIOSjtB_quse8dNsejnaCyW1Abv8g4_woMV8mC0_u4NNrnwsZ5C/s400/IMG_5200.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629980274789919282" /></a><br />Sherry and the kids took a load of construction garbage and all of the rental material back to Helena (we didn't end up paying anything for the ladder mishap). I stayed back and finished the shakes on the front of the cabin. This went much faster than working on the scaffolding and cutting every other shake for the peak.<br /><br />The last day we cut the ends and restacked the redwood boards under the cabin. In addition, we organized the inside of the cabin, returned all of the borrowed tools and got everything packed for our drive back. That afternoon Bronte got a mountain beauty salon treatment and we all showered and cleaned up for the transition back to normality. Sherry was quite proud as she did not shower at Dan/Dawn's the whole trip and actually began to enjoy her black bag mountain shower routine. That evening, we went to the Frenchman for a good greasy burger. Unfortunetly, they were sold out of t-shirts for Bronte stating they had a real run on them over the fourth. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaSwFEmIxluI-L9mWgV0xxRNPapWCMGORygqMgdi33Z0zUyL3-c3_T7WE2J7S48-4T5Z1TlvfCrv2id5DGjRZlIn7MYPNOLIEU7J1yyMRIvxHz0qGxQro5WSfFggi7PIOJum33DBwlDnT/s1600/IMG_5210.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaSwFEmIxluI-L9mWgV0xxRNPapWCMGORygqMgdi33Z0zUyL3-c3_T7WE2J7S48-4T5Z1TlvfCrv2id5DGjRZlIn7MYPNOLIEU7J1yyMRIvxHz0qGxQro5WSfFggi7PIOJum33DBwlDnT/s400/IMG_5210.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629984913920061042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JQldJXmFzszOKhci6qkaL8w9If937SL7k8EKitxStCM52L_ZIB1D8JmCkFmP00awW2xgXjeyZq9Uc-Nr4LHLlJVKykqiq3jWemgOmPZVabcRBaLhUI6tfWtbx1YiXg8VbuJlrLGK5sgb/s1600/IMG_5209.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JQldJXmFzszOKhci6qkaL8w9If937SL7k8EKitxStCM52L_ZIB1D8JmCkFmP00awW2xgXjeyZq9Uc-Nr4LHLlJVKykqiq3jWemgOmPZVabcRBaLhUI6tfWtbx1YiXg8VbuJlrLGK5sgb/s400/IMG_5209.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629984904508892418" /></a><br />All in all the trip was a success. Not all of the exterior was complete, but two of the sides were 100% complete while the others were trimmed with varied levels of vertical siding completed. We were going home a day early so we could attend Jake and Dipti's wedding in Chicago. Loading up some last minute packs was the only thing left on the agenda. So after some morning pictures of the cabin and family, we locked up and left Wolf Creek with mixed emotions. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQupIxqSWENexHI1bJFoux1IQ45Aa-qGw-9B6M8Aamp9p-AbSDgZ5oICCjqfMvqg3SnbLlQRq0QJ43Rp8k04W1z5qNifRqRBqM9yjQASLtZnfufID_AzgTJ1k05Dej7s-rD-gbQ_menKIN/s1600/194.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQupIxqSWENexHI1bJFoux1IQ45Aa-qGw-9B6M8Aamp9p-AbSDgZ5oICCjqfMvqg3SnbLlQRq0QJ43Rp8k04W1z5qNifRqRBqM9yjQASLtZnfufID_AzgTJ1k05Dej7s-rD-gbQ_menKIN/s400/194.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629986296031549954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HUtI_ni4Rf6mrBETcTq_YRTUfTw8NubHAHaPSDHPt_xSdKIldslxPz8pTMsk1s4yVePvjUI9btmYlfvo94UpEv6C_EqED296Aak8lZdXAWkNIB097UGON0jAKyx9NKdMKGo0aQq9biTr/s1600/179.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HUtI_ni4Rf6mrBETcTq_YRTUfTw8NubHAHaPSDHPt_xSdKIldslxPz8pTMsk1s4yVePvjUI9btmYlfvo94UpEv6C_EqED296Aak8lZdXAWkNIB097UGON0jAKyx9NKdMKGo0aQq9biTr/s400/179.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629988229564535618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbst7umK55wdPVkUntWu5TSTVDVoorA-R0VIrKnE2N_lIeSUWvhH3vwzvr0ioKtdS4_zqfV1J8QBTddKweguOH5T1L5l8Gr-P1nE5EEcoB5199d1k_EkGHlNB8EsGDEa5lU69UUONY9ImW/s1600/187.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbst7umK55wdPVkUntWu5TSTVDVoorA-R0VIrKnE2N_lIeSUWvhH3vwzvr0ioKtdS4_zqfV1J8QBTddKweguOH5T1L5l8Gr-P1nE5EEcoB5199d1k_EkGHlNB8EsGDEa5lU69UUONY9ImW/s400/187.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629989493515047698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzcHJB8gzsxKGExseDb6Ev3uLzGpjvkfy5DSBlIOk7SIpS_kFSerey7Sz8DmBqnikA3Gy3ou-4l7VeKLErBttqtROa4AG5WxzGQtEQlWXaqqmDoWDI9MngE5lctPcn5yQbsQaz0Q4dLTS/s1600/178.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzcHJB8gzsxKGExseDb6Ev3uLzGpjvkfy5DSBlIOk7SIpS_kFSerey7Sz8DmBqnikA3Gy3ou-4l7VeKLErBttqtROa4AG5WxzGQtEQlWXaqqmDoWDI9MngE5lctPcn5yQbsQaz0Q4dLTS/s400/178.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629991286844173218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOr6QLg0wx87PiLx6m_vnBJX77YkjK2oa84pzsNBA6U1d71ZbiojcAY9joAr-J86mS8DBMZmdULoVwOsso41UkKvKNTVVFVH36JTr3lNyDXN2GIcgun1Ss3ioC5XHBZn1h80rglS8Oonfq/s1600/175.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOr6QLg0wx87PiLx6m_vnBJX77YkjK2oa84pzsNBA6U1d71ZbiojcAY9joAr-J86mS8DBMZmdULoVwOsso41UkKvKNTVVFVH36JTr3lNyDXN2GIcgun1Ss3ioC5XHBZn1h80rglS8Oonfq/s400/175.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629991277401710418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysUNT11Ddck5XmEVTME1k_COSZvNxqkS1aEu3muyYIfWyFGlZmP6QHpfEEPZEzE4ZdZdEDZQUVA4-V0o9FaMHsMfn1dUMz6XWgxgZWYLbOGboMaAVZ9h8S9pEGnBEUqf2i3qv8y_HeaMW/s1600/173.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysUNT11Ddck5XmEVTME1k_COSZvNxqkS1aEu3muyYIfWyFGlZmP6QHpfEEPZEzE4ZdZdEDZQUVA4-V0o9FaMHsMfn1dUMz6XWgxgZWYLbOGboMaAVZ9h8S9pEGnBEUqf2i3qv8y_HeaMW/s400/173.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629991271487076242" /></a><br /><br /><br />Until my trip out this Fall ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-33563329865556976002011-06-16T18:03:00.009-05:002011-06-17T13:15:13.152-05:00Ready for Round #3Well this year certainly has been less stressful. Looking back at last year I must have been crazy! <br /><br />This year the plan is to install doors/windows and finish the exterior of the cabin. I have built doors and procured most of the windows from ReStore. Restore is a building material resourcing store that raises money for Habitat for Humanity. A great resource if you have some flexibility on window sizes as much of the donated material is brand new. In addition I restored an antique parlor stove plus made stairs and railings for the loft. <br /><br />The building materials are set up for on site delivery, some small supplies are being shipped in advance, the doors and windows are organized in the garage and my tools are packed. This year like last year we will be hauling everything out in a U-Haul trailer pulled with the Jeep.<br /><br />My Dad and brother-in-law (Rick) are driving out with me this year and spending a few days on the mountain. Looking forward to showing them around the area and for my Dad to see the cabin. Sherry and the kids are actually leaving for Seattle to visit family in advance of us and will fly into Bozeman the day my Dad flies out. But to add to the required level of preparedness, with less than a week remaining before we drive out, I need to go to Germany again on business. I will be back only one day, Sherry and the kids will already be gone, I will need to get the U-Haul packed, the house/dog ready for the time away and then off we go! <br /><br />The remaining questions are less this year but still include:<br /> * will the Icelandic volcano erupt again and delay my return to the US<br /> * will the Jeep be out of the shop and ready for the trip<br /> * will the stair's runners fit in the U-Haul<br /> * will all of the supplies fit in the U-Haul<br /> * will I still be on German time for the whole drive out<br /> * will the raging Prickly Pear recede enough to allow passage <br /> * will Dad get eaten by a bear when nature calls during the middle of the night<br /><br />All in all the family is excited and looking forward to this year's forced labor vacation. The number of tasks are still high but the risk/stress level much lower. We hope to have more time to hike / explore and with any luck a chance to try out the new fly rod! <br /><br />I hope to have plenty of pictures again this year to post and an equal amount of progress to report when we return. Until then ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-36683821224636628072010-12-22T13:28:00.003-06:002010-12-22T15:44:13.821-06:00Happy Holidays<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3gaBu4zvJPbinW8V457t2gNG9Bc1FhLdAR_0JgNm7_K8dEKkbUYfHZyj-dl9NUg6LidNsUA2tPqJQBPWVlei6PNutdaap0LI6LxR2CininjvidGrah5sPQpiUkTKsclPmOUuB8g0P6Em/s1600/cabin_christmas.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3gaBu4zvJPbinW8V457t2gNG9Bc1FhLdAR_0JgNm7_K8dEKkbUYfHZyj-dl9NUg6LidNsUA2tPqJQBPWVlei6PNutdaap0LI6LxR2CininjvidGrah5sPQpiUkTKsclPmOUuB8g0P6Em/s400/cabin_christmas.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553591163317675010" /></a><br /><br /><strong>So far so good!</strong><br /><br />The roof holds snow, the walls are still up, and even the house wrap is still in place. Looks like the perfect bear den. <br /><br />Thanks Dan for the picture.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-20277442245296441902010-07-13T19:37:00.190-05:002010-07-23T15:14:36.988-05:00The Wait was Finally Over<strong>The Numbers</strong><br />3,500 miles on the Jeep<br />110 pegs driven<br />11 nights "sleeping" in the tent<br />4.5 pounds of beef jerky eaten<br />2 great friends<br />1.7 miles to the pit toilet<br />1 very supportive family<br /><br />After months of working late, missing family events, and essentially forcing Sherry to live as a single parent the timbers were complete and ready for transport to Montana. Finishing the timbers was not harder than I thought but it definitely required more time then I had anticipated. I have to admit a transgression - I did start to use a circular saw to make end cuts and relief cuts. I am glad I used hand tools for the majority of the project but next time the power tools will come out earlier.<br /><br />The trucker arrived a day early then expected. We were able to scramble though and with help from John we had him loaded and tarped in less than two hours time. John - I wish I would have received your text. We would have loved to have you out West with us. Maybe next year?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqtuMcdvAfx43jQB7FGLvxW-qfQbJMTb4OVK8Xu40b8ign5tLbVGXBsYP_TDlbW4KuENvDzFey9m7swryIRoIygicTlr99uJaFPCbrUWVHJW2fyiWUMPKj82pYCTLbyyPT152EEjCfWEQ/s1600/IMG_3805.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqtuMcdvAfx43jQB7FGLvxW-qfQbJMTb4OVK8Xu40b8ign5tLbVGXBsYP_TDlbW4KuENvDzFey9m7swryIRoIygicTlr99uJaFPCbrUWVHJW2fyiWUMPKj82pYCTLbyyPT152EEjCfWEQ/s320/IMG_3805.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495003060344024722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtN7HI6xONC2J_dYLeluE8BXXeGDT36so2keVby8TPuMTOesKWAQwY2I8pQJnYJIIPw6DO7cIYFE8Y1NSaWF4kpMlKLKfRtxvnDCf-3FqTGPZ8pRgHHc4AdJssj_1JudtD50K6gS5fY8p/s1600/IMG_3808.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtN7HI6xONC2J_dYLeluE8BXXeGDT36so2keVby8TPuMTOesKWAQwY2I8pQJnYJIIPw6DO7cIYFE8Y1NSaWF4kpMlKLKfRtxvnDCf-3FqTGPZ8pRgHHc4AdJssj_1JudtD50K6gS5fY8p/s320/IMG_3808.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495003050342673010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWht09hv4WLpDb9MikaqPGp1ee6Rm6wegUNwozv1ZKvbq3TNR2GVqiQ-F1hJfku80qO-OOJ9HCrKsq2P-PLGuRJjvoxIhTMEku-NqlsIJtgU2nayI7w2TJ9aWZnGmVRTw6Rg3cwp6kSTd/s1600/IMG_3809.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWht09hv4WLpDb9MikaqPGp1ee6Rm6wegUNwozv1ZKvbq3TNR2GVqiQ-F1hJfku80qO-OOJ9HCrKsq2P-PLGuRJjvoxIhTMEku-NqlsIJtgU2nayI7w2TJ9aWZnGmVRTw6Rg3cwp6kSTd/s320/IMG_3809.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495412510883841026" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQV8CAZ3cEv2BtIE1ZTDK3OO88P2igU0e_0VJcUGlrCM0NDtI2RREuwQ3-2RWS5BVzE6RtgMMiLVSvenv9gi9Obu7mLT6dZGU5h424RJKLXpIq0G_I8bnp7YqHNdaQIyvhajy7hOAl6W5/s1600/IMG_3818.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQV8CAZ3cEv2BtIE1ZTDK3OO88P2igU0e_0VJcUGlrCM0NDtI2RREuwQ3-2RWS5BVzE6RtgMMiLVSvenv9gi9Obu7mLT6dZGU5h424RJKLXpIq0G_I8bnp7YqHNdaQIyvhajy7hOAl6W5/s320/IMG_3818.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495003036328848626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5-TaGseu5T4c44Ty3CjlwQeEax4J5aqPNYbpFGE21vRaiksbjjTp4HR8Noi_mOborQeXtWn987H2udifn8bFz_p0gcSau8teTkKkaFLMlkhpcsuSptuYwzSmz9SC8XuSGFnE7k7GOLyk/s1600/IMG_3820.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5-TaGseu5T4c44Ty3CjlwQeEax4J5aqPNYbpFGE21vRaiksbjjTp4HR8Noi_mOborQeXtWn987H2udifn8bFz_p0gcSau8teTkKkaFLMlkhpcsuSptuYwzSmz9SC8XuSGFnE7k7GOLyk/s320/IMG_3820.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495003025061729378" /></a><br />We rented a small U-Haul trailer to transport the tools and camping supplies. With the Jeep packed we took off early on Saturday morning arriving in Wolf Creek late on Sunday.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfMU4Nljfw7le-ZrU7Ti0fW_0ZtcO0I3uUDHfGsBKocEaP4ZSOsdB6dchR6s03YwboM4DOGWXQY2GiRtSYQe1Mmz7xxDKQQhGRpFdjUaCjTeXDKme1-63mFQfvSty6wGJmnVUV42GOivm/s1600/Picture+049.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfMU4Nljfw7le-ZrU7Ti0fW_0ZtcO0I3uUDHfGsBKocEaP4ZSOsdB6dchR6s03YwboM4DOGWXQY2GiRtSYQe1Mmz7xxDKQQhGRpFdjUaCjTeXDKme1-63mFQfvSty6wGJmnVUV42GOivm/s320/Picture+049.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493560906492630386" /></a><br />Arriving in Montana on Sunday it was apparent the area was enjoying a very wet spring making for much greener valleys and meadows. As we approached Wolf Creek we were informed that the driver did not feel comfortable driving the timbers to the building site. In fact he barely made it off the main road. So when we arrived Dan, Dawn, and Jasmine were already unloading the timbers. Not the start I had planned but the family and timbers had arrived.<br /><br /><strong>The Camping/Building Site</strong><br />As mentioned with the increase rain the lower meadow was just beautiful. Yellow asters, blue lupine, and pink colored bitter root were just exploding in the meadow. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiOMu68Xf_oO-whWJ06Nx_7dlZFe2q_HT-MzFOsAKXWqm0hq0U5y3DoKmImWxEb4GVJALly3dpQrZT28-qdLx6SsWWtN-j_WDYDq49ukdWUOpUROlilHRkqiY7CSQvR5VnffxTv6KQ4TC/s1600/IMG_4095.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiOMu68Xf_oO-whWJ06Nx_7dlZFe2q_HT-MzFOsAKXWqm0hq0U5y3DoKmImWxEb4GVJALly3dpQrZT28-qdLx6SsWWtN-j_WDYDq49ukdWUOpUROlilHRkqiY7CSQvR5VnffxTv6KQ4TC/s320/IMG_4095.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494559717136770290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk2A9fJFQePF-yjJr34KpU9rlnY3WEeQN0c0DnC7LrU5IGmbo3Nee2uDaVYFVMKl5vLN1dCjFHuXJ9BFck27evD9HBTTkwlJA_y0VPcemZGb8INtDX1r_aALKoEvlvMGfzq7Dix_akBSU/s1600/Picture+060.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk2A9fJFQePF-yjJr34KpU9rlnY3WEeQN0c0DnC7LrU5IGmbo3Nee2uDaVYFVMKl5vLN1dCjFHuXJ9BFck27evD9HBTTkwlJA_y0VPcemZGb8INtDX1r_aALKoEvlvMGfzq7Dix_akBSU/s320/Picture+060.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493568727199351522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35ZOv8I1eFbsAlG95bJ3PATku7OuS3AgkMutIR6FO5Q1XTnZ5mt0yx60DfWAF2WtepOw-u-pG5W755-lg8YVqJHa8rBcVIrqdTtMaBLhhe8ztqW-8zUSwqQIjW4gajzh3qtDJdw7bhKJ7/s1600/IMG_3841.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35ZOv8I1eFbsAlG95bJ3PATku7OuS3AgkMutIR6FO5Q1XTnZ5mt0yx60DfWAF2WtepOw-u-pG5W755-lg8YVqJHa8rBcVIrqdTtMaBLhhe8ztqW-8zUSwqQIjW4gajzh3qtDJdw7bhKJ7/s320/IMG_3841.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493572469406601922" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPML-Hzxb4Wxg5n6B05YSqxcChHOySIGF8SxiH0p7Oz0ZmZF3z64xxDgNa_NzgTHDAwHA_snmwfk62n4h5sy8WuhxDWBnvoFrHG7-4sG0AkMtoeah2_c1cM2tV0r3hufH6jlusrjMfhkNw/s1600/Picture+056.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPML-Hzxb4Wxg5n6B05YSqxcChHOySIGF8SxiH0p7Oz0ZmZF3z64xxDgNa_NzgTHDAwHA_snmwfk62n4h5sy8WuhxDWBnvoFrHG7-4sG0AkMtoeah2_c1cM2tV0r3hufH6jlusrjMfhkNw/s320/Picture+056.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493568739543119394" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZvE83LtgMwS-x9VvLPC-vnrsemXol9bJMObZIoiFe_K9DhB-2jHcNdj9VUqHc3mJfnc6woD2BCLbwk1mTz3OySm-fzb6uwxu0LnkP6GYmLkTqXuBKI8NTQOokzNJm2a6XdPmB9xgTWWM/s1600/IMG_4036.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZvE83LtgMwS-x9VvLPC-vnrsemXol9bJMObZIoiFe_K9DhB-2jHcNdj9VUqHc3mJfnc6woD2BCLbwk1mTz3OySm-fzb6uwxu0LnkP6GYmLkTqXuBKI8NTQOokzNJm2a6XdPmB9xgTWWM/s320/IMG_4036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493572474949076818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1YbXYtVF6RUrqkGd9rG2Rp3CXF-HKScKexIltexnNLE3g2Dn8DOBA7GKFPt0vyXrdP9R6P2iealoSYhlnxBH27hkR-8rEJvimtngUWYzpnUgSWAjxd1B83BtHuoz7yfaMc9uCV9U_MxQ/s1600/IMG_3997.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1YbXYtVF6RUrqkGd9rG2Rp3CXF-HKScKexIltexnNLE3g2Dn8DOBA7GKFPt0vyXrdP9R6P2iealoSYhlnxBH27hkR-8rEJvimtngUWYzpnUgSWAjxd1B83BtHuoz7yfaMc9uCV9U_MxQ/s320/IMG_3997.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494560558265324002" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPFJWmeMqD_qGPi-mCAyWzdymQKayVT47GF3E0NQOwnFZHJTZdDeeo4ssDv5FGDBwGEpa34927zS23QKM0k3yWMQmpFTChcVV8qfkRq9_DqiPu3ki2SxSHI74gCNKEMGe3BqLg5GnRmZI/s1600/IMG_4007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPFJWmeMqD_qGPi-mCAyWzdymQKayVT47GF3E0NQOwnFZHJTZdDeeo4ssDv5FGDBwGEpa34927zS23QKM0k3yWMQmpFTChcVV8qfkRq9_DqiPu3ki2SxSHI74gCNKEMGe3BqLg5GnRmZI/s320/IMG_4007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494560548473177746" /></a><br />Montana's State flower and my new favorite flower is the dainty yet rugged Bitter Root <em>(Lewisia Rediviva)</em>. The genus name is in honor of Merriweather Lewis and rediviva means rebirth.<br /><br />In Lewis's journal the bitter root was mentioned several times. From the Discovering Lewis & Clark website Bitter Root was first mentioned with this simple entry. <a href="http://lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=1327">(lewis-clark.org)</a><br /><br /><em>"I met with a singular plant today in blume<br />of which I preserved a specemine."<br /><br />Lewis; June 1, 1806, near the Clearwater River.<br /><br /><em>The website continues telling that</em> an elderly Flathead Indian woman sat weeping on the bank of the In-schu-te-schu, or Red Willow River, in the shadow of the Chi-quil-quil-kane, or Red Mountains, singing a death song for her starving sons. The rising sun heard her plaint, and sent a red spirit-bird to comfort her. The bird promised that from each of her falling tears a new flower would grow, tinted with the rose of his feathers and the white of her hair, and springing from a root as bitter as her sorrow but as nourishing as her love. The prophecy came true, and her people called the plant spetlem--"bitter."<br /><br />Each blossom is unique, for so is each petal. Day by sun-started day the color fades, until the petals dry up and blow away, leaving a tiny parasol-shaped capsule of jet-black seeds, soon to be sown by the wind. By early July all visible traces of the plant have disappeared, like tears, into the gravelly soil, awaiting another spring for its rebirth. Even if the root is pulled up, dried, and kept for months, it can find rebirth--rediviva--when replanted.</em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VjuFWl4r10nnOEC0usgH19eWZCwO0rGUUjY_1xdKRq_GN8KHsH9yaBgTunb1aMv18PYUTX29qsDR68uPqki1T5iNtNRpssc6ERgeGGR2c7YDXSs3po4-tW1Vhzarl1gMMnjGLkd8YN_A/s1600/IMG_4033.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VjuFWl4r10nnOEC0usgH19eWZCwO0rGUUjY_1xdKRq_GN8KHsH9yaBgTunb1aMv18PYUTX29qsDR68uPqki1T5iNtNRpssc6ERgeGGR2c7YDXSs3po4-tW1Vhzarl1gMMnjGLkd8YN_A/s320/IMG_4033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493572499652542434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptuKn3eR6OVSewexELWssutfk2fFMl6qCjYH6Z6iuhfSHJJwh_wW8WMOSBWF6uXURcY3kJPyigZdbTm7rYfK3DTosm5YNIpm7zlWupAQGFc-fEpiNGTRWg37itj3E9JjbVUnKwpCo4m3r/s1600/IMG_4034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptuKn3eR6OVSewexELWssutfk2fFMl6qCjYH6Z6iuhfSHJJwh_wW8WMOSBWF6uXURcY3kJPyigZdbTm7rYfK3DTosm5YNIpm7zlWupAQGFc-fEpiNGTRWg37itj3E9JjbVUnKwpCo4m3r/s320/IMG_4034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493572489993666386" /></a> <br />In honor of the flower we plan on naming our little piece of Montana - Camp Bitter Root.<br /><br />Other than a little heat when we first arrived the weather was perfect. We did get some rain and heavy winds a few nights but during the day the weather was excellent. It did get colder than expected (low 40s) a few nights so all efforts were made to stay cozy (notice Sherry's sexy nite cap).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48oT-cg6v2Pzr6Pb3mvReM6rxx8LlBMzJMgS12Qndb_tQqWCTWj0ITfyg-BVGLOvsp-tR-6mmM5V1Z_r1NIHMqh0KuMtQ1piY_Yx6XpK1DcObv6qG64uWwMAPzLuJw7fsb1x9w0-0hEEQ/s1600/Picture+458.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48oT-cg6v2Pzr6Pb3mvReM6rxx8LlBMzJMgS12Qndb_tQqWCTWj0ITfyg-BVGLOvsp-tR-6mmM5V1Z_r1NIHMqh0KuMtQ1piY_Yx6XpK1DcObv6qG64uWwMAPzLuJw7fsb1x9w0-0hEEQ/s320/Picture+458.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493911562806916898" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2sCNn_eGh9JjD4iGe0PUH36p52ER3L97iwAX5keb4d_TA78hh0msQ8WFZBjTDhWlZfVk6HQwtJGY24uSOzdZX6-CDCOG3h-VYyZD6QIyuYHDznWdAxcJ-PM-tp68VlNDrT0vqZyruwS-/s1600/Picture+076.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2sCNn_eGh9JjD4iGe0PUH36p52ER3L97iwAX5keb4d_TA78hh0msQ8WFZBjTDhWlZfVk6HQwtJGY24uSOzdZX6-CDCOG3h-VYyZD6QIyuYHDznWdAxcJ-PM-tp68VlNDrT0vqZyruwS-/s320/Picture+076.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493911568373008418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-IRCZ1W-zLJwBWaw3J3ThEhFO0kZ1_zPYeyeyv43y2pXuMpvp4sGdaIc2wlWBMQEmv7gLA1Tn18ANtp7lk5dV5rX4Toy8qlBNgUmsucnsv9xTmvp3FtlTvmV4cQHmnq-WrDaUhu0TTMq/s1600/Picture+074.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-IRCZ1W-zLJwBWaw3J3ThEhFO0kZ1_zPYeyeyv43y2pXuMpvp4sGdaIc2wlWBMQEmv7gLA1Tn18ANtp7lk5dV5rX4Toy8qlBNgUmsucnsv9xTmvp3FtlTvmV4cQHmnq-WrDaUhu0TTMq/s320/Picture+074.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493912382417086722" /></a><br />The camp site was also visited by the marauding bear family. A sow and two cubs have been providing Dan with plenty of photo opportunities (see pictures below) as they attempt to thwart his attempts at keeping them out of their bird feeders. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnirvra8UbbCUv79_DduCfVwmgOqwW2QsxU9dSEQzlvKOFn2LCYDhMQo_5hB1z65Y2XeTfu19d65g6COVrKKmQy48nFWZUOxk0h74fL-GFqiPWEE3W_X48zBBBwc0GVhzlyjth9j_sH-d/s1600/IMG_8096.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnirvra8UbbCUv79_DduCfVwmgOqwW2QsxU9dSEQzlvKOFn2LCYDhMQo_5hB1z65Y2XeTfu19d65g6COVrKKmQy48nFWZUOxk0h74fL-GFqiPWEE3W_X48zBBBwc0GVhzlyjth9j_sH-d/s320/IMG_8096.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494181129593833378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic97BCKuWYnnEpKqv-1or2V7Oh676Z_Ch2oC82y3uS09Ntq0iaHgpSGK1PaL1Wir67TV14rM9aGEa_wLqwPIaLO5llZ-pSee6k_LfWNaaUtkKVxt-JYwiEn-MGDnm-xqgOG6aqHAsJNyjQ/s1600/IMG_8145.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic97BCKuWYnnEpKqv-1or2V7Oh676Z_Ch2oC82y3uS09Ntq0iaHgpSGK1PaL1Wir67TV14rM9aGEa_wLqwPIaLO5llZ-pSee6k_LfWNaaUtkKVxt-JYwiEn-MGDnm-xqgOG6aqHAsJNyjQ/s320/IMG_8145.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494181134635981106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTd01YLQCsugUesFReXRTtEyiZO8RCpGbTFdj3wGRNWthw8gtiwodSNzmY3wLGbGhr6uJ6ztD73BtyCYBoKqonTBa84QI4naAq0zaBYKOBxT2QxCb1bIhbuPrcL6cg9JaaQ_Z4gna7rkF/s1600/bear.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTd01YLQCsugUesFReXRTtEyiZO8RCpGbTFdj3wGRNWthw8gtiwodSNzmY3wLGbGhr6uJ6ztD73BtyCYBoKqonTBa84QI4naAq0zaBYKOBxT2QxCb1bIhbuPrcL6cg9JaaQ_Z4gna7rkF/s320/bear.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494181142930861890" /></a><br />On our second morning I awoke to the sound of something sniffing the tent wall followed by grunting as they retreated just past the cabin due to me unzipping the tent window. After investigating the direction of their flight we did confirm the age old question about bears and defecation. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNPb5hgNnaRCxh34l6_Ca6GUEaxix2VCevokNr9kwgHQkaRyh7q8ZNPiylXeEx53K2Jr3QNwa_DSfHjKEkod825uu3xbbL50NhobcgJ6ESqbhyphenhyphenafwkEjxf_tg0toRljtag4YJ0Pm5kDNT/s1600/Picture+114.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNPb5hgNnaRCxh34l6_Ca6GUEaxix2VCevokNr9kwgHQkaRyh7q8ZNPiylXeEx53K2Jr3QNwa_DSfHjKEkod825uu3xbbL50NhobcgJ6ESqbhyphenhyphenafwkEjxf_tg0toRljtag4YJ0Pm5kDNT/s320/Picture+114.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493818726941762706" /></a>The cinnamon cub was spotted a few more times during the week but always alone. Making us think he may have been kicked out of the clan due to the cub's size and timing of the upcoming breeding season.<br /><br /><strong>Supplies Run/Tree Felling/Pier Moving</strong><br />Dan and I set off to Helena for a lumber store and rental run. Although the tin and rough pine/Douglas fir were to be delivered their was still supplies and rental scaffolding to acquire. It was in the 90s that day and all of the timbers had to be hauled to the building site. As it turned out upon our return Dan and I only had to carry a couple of the 20 footers as Sherry and the kids had already hauled the rest of the timbers themselves to the building site. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAi3ieXCpkjuDZps181GrAlCTcq9SwkRHyyoRCpG5a7DtHym7CYznX_gW0Pf4q-liuO5YxMjw5WRL3s6L-lCuvkuCwbcFhRWekIZDHYOrwyoMkTZVr4ddVDbPwMF2MZytBjCRewS6eshZ/s1600/Picture+064.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAi3ieXCpkjuDZps181GrAlCTcq9SwkRHyyoRCpG5a7DtHym7CYznX_gW0Pf4q-liuO5YxMjw5WRL3s6L-lCuvkuCwbcFhRWekIZDHYOrwyoMkTZVr4ddVDbPwMF2MZytBjCRewS6eshZ/s320/Picture+064.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493857605134902050" /></a><br />A big thank you has to go out to Sherry and the kids as they not only were supportive before the trip, were great helpers when we arrived, but have been good sports throughout the whole process. <br /><br /><strong>Thank you guys!!!</strong> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatEJQUJASQgFSBqxFBRjFfQd_oRPsiBRVJp12prhkmsj8CczJGnaHzNfmI4aFbFEmJgRcm4IIgsnxkZv581ey9xscG3eC4w6REFOwGF9-kBe0aJAzmDF2b_ANGLRiwDeOp3l2pJgkmEaC/s1600/IMG_3993.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatEJQUJASQgFSBqxFBRjFfQd_oRPsiBRVJp12prhkmsj8CczJGnaHzNfmI4aFbFEmJgRcm4IIgsnxkZv581ey9xscG3eC4w6REFOwGF9-kBe0aJAzmDF2b_ANGLRiwDeOp3l2pJgkmEaC/s320/IMG_3993.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494558808190666450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Q-FlAFAxayTjhWkHXFS6_S7Ja0oLuQD5d8dgjWjVq34MUS_B70T3HKPCYbyfayo4qp5wvCARuuaqQ4toikLFpeFE112c2USW43nr8NcHb77e4opY0BupN7nfBbb9A4kFgT7L-Lomj9Ub/s1600/IMG_4018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Q-FlAFAxayTjhWkHXFS6_S7Ja0oLuQD5d8dgjWjVq34MUS_B70T3HKPCYbyfayo4qp5wvCARuuaqQ4toikLFpeFE112c2USW43nr8NcHb77e4opY0BupN7nfBbb9A4kFgT7L-Lomj9Ub/s320/IMG_4018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494558803668566834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQXyY81wKawn6gIdl3WOTSPnRmXh5CUpHDRno8OYqHCqLhXpFBr03Nplmsv-WT7cehjyUYNtX1vtvAedy_vrS9cJqxhFYp9ZD7udn5pnNmu8HlEpm7tmppaaWw6lwN6Nj-P5StNkCnfDu/s1600/IMG_4019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQXyY81wKawn6gIdl3WOTSPnRmXh5CUpHDRno8OYqHCqLhXpFBr03Nplmsv-WT7cehjyUYNtX1vtvAedy_vrS9cJqxhFYp9ZD7udn5pnNmu8HlEpm7tmppaaWw6lwN6Nj-P5StNkCnfDu/s320/IMG_4019.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494558791750493202" /></a><br /><strong>The Mountain Pine Beetle </strong><br />The infestation has definitely reached our building site. The beetle has devastated numerous hillsides in the Holter Lake/Helena area. The attached map indicates the widespread nature of this natural disaster.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKAkEvRwoYtgg7pzI6cUo1ljbAyzUSivG426MAr1x1d8dZoXyqWml6UcjY07f4m7V1z5-5LugEsNw1dcE2NfG_7NKsfviIaO3l4KTSnsDT4fwN29BPl6OBhm8dcZmrHp1rwYq27SCZ7xe/s1600/f2_1.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKAkEvRwoYtgg7pzI6cUo1ljbAyzUSivG426MAr1x1d8dZoXyqWml6UcjY07f4m7V1z5-5LugEsNw1dcE2NfG_7NKsfviIaO3l4KTSnsDT4fwN29BPl6OBhm8dcZmrHp1rwYq27SCZ7xe/s320/f2_1.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493896934041887378" /></a> <br />The following and numerous pictures later will indicate the number of trees that will need to be dropped. We are lucky though compared to some areas in that we have a better tree diversity, as it is mainly attacking ponderosa pines, insuring adequate tree coverage should remain. A few dead trees needed to be dropped before be could even start with the cabin. Later during this trip I was able to clear and drop a few more trees, not in an attempt to stop the infestation but more to reduce the fire hazard caused by standing dead trees so close to the cabin. A side benefit will be a much clearer view off the ridge to the West and a more open meadow area to the back of the cabin for improved wildlife viewing. It is just sickening though driving towards Helena with the amount of brown on some hillsides. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenZ2K8fHzwP4XNZ0lYBXrC5con5bdXU5UAKpkssn_72c9aRNVHi7siHKpoCGWKU_ySfTko1FI19Gt9c_i0Y8q-kpvn6B87vL_azm7Nmn_LbOvu_1B2Aq_TsyrlRqyM4D4zcTue1Ngngkf/s1600/Picture+066.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenZ2K8fHzwP4XNZ0lYBXrC5con5bdXU5UAKpkssn_72c9aRNVHi7siHKpoCGWKU_ySfTko1FI19Gt9c_i0Y8q-kpvn6B87vL_azm7Nmn_LbOvu_1B2Aq_TsyrlRqyM4D4zcTue1Ngngkf/s320/Picture+066.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493898511501029698" /></a> With that simple task complete the 6x6 sill timbers were staged on the piers we had completed last year. Unfortunately their alignment and levelness was not as expected and (3) piers had to be dug up, moved, and releveled. A process that was not only unplanned, wasted too much time, but greatly tested my patience. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1dUNFsS7ugi8dn2vRDJT41uppIYXa8n5UA7v7kOnuaB5QcFeWnFYEk_7deoz-X1blcb2lBMG1PApJHD58FNiUQKsh58mQCZUHvV67vHDE3o-dHep7G4MIEmZQe29iI-UP1xMkJQRM3IE/s1600/Picture+072.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1dUNFsS7ugi8dn2vRDJT41uppIYXa8n5UA7v7kOnuaB5QcFeWnFYEk_7deoz-X1blcb2lBMG1PApJHD58FNiUQKsh58mQCZUHvV67vHDE3o-dHep7G4MIEmZQe29iI-UP1xMkJQRM3IE/s320/Picture+072.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493907471042122322" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Floor Joists and Subflooring</strong><br />With piers moved and releveled the sill plates were treated with Lifetime Wood Treatment; a non-toxic, natural wood treatment that I have read good things about and apparently the National Parks System uses it for many of their signs and outdoor buildings. We simply mixed the dry powder with water and Bronte brushed the amber solution on the sill beams and floor joists.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpfWnsVrM70K5KwLdAXfMB-OA0RJ2lLROGr7eujg_q9iWB5P5D0pUDskDWVRidmIhqlOpfGRK30rUbj-G-SALjxXKRpAEzyhRh4DPmJ-8v2f2vcFl8RLnFZHMh9nHGfIOFpyGbo9bvH85/s1600/IMG_3872.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpfWnsVrM70K5KwLdAXfMB-OA0RJ2lLROGr7eujg_q9iWB5P5D0pUDskDWVRidmIhqlOpfGRK30rUbj-G-SALjxXKRpAEzyhRh4DPmJ-8v2f2vcFl8RLnFZHMh9nHGfIOFpyGbo9bvH85/s320/IMG_3872.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493947522206429858" /></a><br />Then the assembly of the sill and floor joists could begin. Clayton found it necessary to use the "persuader". <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3AZe-dl56Aew4yeY2bFQSHcmSpDbzCxSYXUzYIIFZKX5HuU1AVjYvAJTlQPsOgvd13w1XQ_BHtdegPcsspCT07NPREUzN5e3sm0Q1P7YF3DQ_VlU0OEHY7aK2WHlG7kw9qQ9D-KTf3uk/s1600/IMG_3882.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3AZe-dl56Aew4yeY2bFQSHcmSpDbzCxSYXUzYIIFZKX5HuU1AVjYvAJTlQPsOgvd13w1XQ_BHtdegPcsspCT07NPREUzN5e3sm0Q1P7YF3DQ_VlU0OEHY7aK2WHlG7kw9qQ9D-KTf3uk/s320/IMG_3882.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493954548134250306" /></a><br />Everyone was excited to finally get going so the kids jumped in and the assembly and pegging of the floor rafters went rather quick.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1LjYHSnoA8tZcL1ki_nzN6stUwjtXyADf9HGNlzyVfWTL7sz-J4qO4aO86CEAeVOf3qk01BuAeqhZS86BwUFdfzwouc7nKTNHB90imtduKp-ovCoLMCF5qPbzB45g64JpnZ8GOr1_915/s1600/IMG_3875.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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Since the "crew" was small we didn't get a lot of pictures of the actual bent raising. Dan, Clayton, and I raised the bents while Sherry and Bronte guided the lower tenons into their respective pockets. 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First I was worried about the method of lifting the beams and aligning the multiple tenons of the post and angle braces. The second concern was would the "top and bottom" of the cabin fit together. I didn't have an extra 20 foot 6x6 laying around if I screwed up. Dan had a great plan using the two sets of scaffolding and actually lifting the plates into place was rather easy (considering we didn't have any help since Sherry and the kids were making a Helena run). 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The two ends and the middle trusses had collar ties and were assemblied and pegged first on the deck. With Dan and I on the scaffolding and Sherry assited with a 2x4 tied at the peak, we lifted each pair into place, pegged them to the plates, and screwed 10" log screws in to the plates to secure. Once in place temporary 2x4 bracing were attached and used on the rest of the rafters. The rest of the rafter pairs were lifted and pegged in the air. Since I am scared of heights Dan placed narrowly spaced 2x4 bracing through the collar ties to give me the security I needed. 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They say it is to honor the origin of the timbers. The timber frame protion was complete! With only our small crew, wood pegs and mallets, four days of hard labor, some patience and creativity; the result was a cabin frame that has only been a dream for over a year now. For the most part it went together as well as I had hoped it would. Seeing it standing against the blue Montana sky was a very special feeling. 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Jasmine is not only a great worker but I am sure, like me, she would much rather be doing this then any real job. I decided on 1x4 rough cut pine for the interior roof boards. In keeping with the pine beetle theme I got "blue" pine. Blue pine has some great blue/gray color tones that are present in attacked timber. Not only was it appropriate for the site it gave great color contrast. Sherry selected the boards by color and handed them up and the three of us nailed them in place. It made for quick work until we got to the top as the scaffolding height and my chickeness limited me from doing the very peak. 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You were there every step of the way and it is safe to say I could not have done it with out you. <br /><br />I truely appreciate your help and friendship.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0GpIsVADaxWzKdg70lhPkbPwWn-Fk6T0O-NZ_V2WRIGzuWv5NUi0f1SSR3C34VJArsWfLzV3G-h6mvkCHHtZc-WY1eMtMJRK_02zW3cx3dBF_rO_WYLNtNZVqDM9eYvnfCz1KqbmCj7r/s1600/IMG_4289.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0GpIsVADaxWzKdg70lhPkbPwWn-Fk6T0O-NZ_V2WRIGzuWv5NUi0f1SSR3C34VJArsWfLzV3G-h6mvkCHHtZc-WY1eMtMJRK_02zW3cx3dBF_rO_WYLNtNZVqDM9eYvnfCz1KqbmCj7r/s320/IMG_4289.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495407453625987906" /></a><br /><br /><strong>4th of July Holiday</strong><br />In the morning we took time to walk the property and enjoy ourselves. Russ, Payton, Bruce, and Mike arrived late the night before so they joined us on the hike. We then took a ride to Lincoln to watch a real local rodeo. The youth barrel riding and the Ring of Fire were our favorite events. We also discovered Hi-Country Jerky our 3rd food group for the balance of the trip.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHulSuiZ7IRsH9KMMGytFgTXGlAQH0WCESjvT6nX8pGfDf4M9X6OmvO1PXclAOfSjPqPNC6rd-xc5fQueqEwYV7r8YymJlahZiD_314u9NtURTaJqd712-WFJVExWnCnSvlPzfX6DTVbLq/s1600/IMG_4153.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHulSuiZ7IRsH9KMMGytFgTXGlAQH0WCESjvT6nX8pGfDf4M9X6OmvO1PXclAOfSjPqPNC6rd-xc5fQueqEwYV7r8YymJlahZiD_314u9NtURTaJqd712-WFJVExWnCnSvlPzfX6DTVbLq/s320/IMG_4153.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495071640399794418" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnCQpxFp7o4N3WJV81W66mC0sy5BFMSSBw9k7c5AAAoH0JVE-Eqk8gwNGpfjwBQVDIHkjrLk5I3cvZD1zH1lSNkpatGHjSsjoM52D5H3lx8DmYRZqt9dLX6ocLxxfFR5F0kihErdswTJN/s1600/IMG_4179.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnCQpxFp7o4N3WJV81W66mC0sy5BFMSSBw9k7c5AAAoH0JVE-Eqk8gwNGpfjwBQVDIHkjrLk5I3cvZD1zH1lSNkpatGHjSsjoM52D5H3lx8DmYRZqt9dLX6ocLxxfFR5F0kihErdswTJN/s320/IMG_4179.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495071619358548066" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-VcmVF9i_41wN-R_qofimfMdxsfym-YeaxVpy5EQD40UetBCTC8qAFRv2xnNj34mbrYeKwrqSZNvYo4BJGwJYBBkIsgfSf0oeLh1jGh1K67a6PdyaY6PYG1tj-n0Tp04ZYagYq_jiPtU/s1600/IMG_4182.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-VcmVF9i_41wN-R_qofimfMdxsfym-YeaxVpy5EQD40UetBCTC8qAFRv2xnNj34mbrYeKwrqSZNvYo4BJGwJYBBkIsgfSf0oeLh1jGh1K67a6PdyaY6PYG1tj-n0Tp04ZYagYq_jiPtU/s320/IMG_4182.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495071613788697650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIel-02CYBKQO125eWF5MMlts-yRl9gmsLOQ01sG3hulQDg3KNUS9fvLCy7egJ6qsu6il8rWnawDRDPJzZDSdfnViK_nK5lDiZ8v0spJvyQjkMkp51c4UZURFDDre4soiJDcGz8fyEGLH/s1600/IMG_4183.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIel-02CYBKQO125eWF5MMlts-yRl9gmsLOQ01sG3hulQDg3KNUS9fvLCy7egJ6qsu6il8rWnawDRDPJzZDSdfnViK_nK5lDiZ8v0spJvyQjkMkp51c4UZURFDDre4soiJDcGz8fyEGLH/s320/IMG_4183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495071602145598034" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Finishing Roof Boards and Roofing</strong><br />We continued with the other half of the roof boards, placed the OSB plywood, synthetic underlayment, and finally the tin itself. I wasn't much good after a certain height and then Dan and Russ finished the rest. <br /><br />I was very grateful for Russ coming out to see the area and helping. Him and Dan pretty much did all of the OSB and tin work. 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Next year we plan to apply a light stain to create greater contrast with the pine timbers. The tin ridge was damaged so replacement pieces were ordered and not delivered until the last day. The house wrap, a breathable synthetic underlayment, was nailed in place followed by OSB over the door openings. 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It was nice to sleep on level ground and it was warmer than the tent. Before heading home the next morning we cleaned up the work site, packed the trailer, and took some final pictures from the inside. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTygULVA3QCwGydRuwjszPJiLh51si4bYNzb_08kms1p_im06IuVO9idmYCAOD0G8tG-CCD13rV1kL69i9LQjxg2Ta5I6THKit3TiH3uJvk2BYfQPFnGAL4tS7EaH1gPE_a-O1nCRCfsC/s1600/IMG_4393.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTygULVA3QCwGydRuwjszPJiLh51si4bYNzb_08kms1p_im06IuVO9idmYCAOD0G8tG-CCD13rV1kL69i9LQjxg2Ta5I6THKit3TiH3uJvk2BYfQPFnGAL4tS7EaH1gPE_a-O1nCRCfsC/s320/IMG_4393.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495721548213136434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh202BInZKUO2U8cG7h4c0GBHR23Ldw2U4JIgzoWbxaHThplBJ2RRDB3w-zLVOMwUEhKQIdJYzn-KLkdA_43SaANpVr-t2tDjm0GSO4EadFxFIuW1gMgO-NmVF5ETWLLgifOE0RVJv4_CcV/s1600/IMG_4401.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_cGyJN-Rd_24HKYPUHk5RCKplM6gWYCwPuZ-t_u7D2e5XjbFHGAac122TzK7rWI3Ye3DmfK6lENDRoyTEMRmWSDKHwA33cQInNfzF0p9eCiLMUQxe4na0niVoORn0SR7TPSbYU_BOGqR6/s320/IMG_4411.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495730525693252834" /></a><br /><br />Months of preparation and hundreds of joints all came together with the support of my family and the help of a few friends. <br /><br />Thank you everyone for your help and support to help make Camp Bitter Root a reality. <br /><br />The last picture says it all for me.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5p0uP8fQpW_xgioJ09t_EhDDebSwUUY_6FxclSV0We7RcSpfjRdHjykOMIoRYw4NJykX8ZJ0zEjye0yhkWP9t1fraWTAQDMyQ6mvPYumoFYAfbuKM-vZcaXJp8H3jEEZBTh5eWwaqDWk7/s1600/Picture+131.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5p0uP8fQpW_xgioJ09t_EhDDebSwUUY_6FxclSV0We7RcSpfjRdHjykOMIoRYw4NJykX8ZJ0zEjye0yhkWP9t1fraWTAQDMyQ6mvPYumoFYAfbuKM-vZcaXJp8H3jEEZBTh5eWwaqDWk7/s400/Picture+131.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495743011915848930" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-34234185440602453932010-05-05T05:05:00.012-05:002010-05-07T12:12:16.663-05:00Now Accepting Applications:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9jhVQFCfLLJd3FLOZmsC8krfWm4swpKYGEmUkUrx_ZwIMzdmQzvpCwU2yszDOskXkLlVN5FQkD0ImeRyCOeVQi94QlDkHqo2oupEiZSDpPsNM3svJWSK0ookOX-o8TwYEQlDZRodB73i/s1600/help-wanted1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9jhVQFCfLLJd3FLOZmsC8krfWm4swpKYGEmUkUrx_ZwIMzdmQzvpCwU2yszDOskXkLlVN5FQkD0ImeRyCOeVQi94QlDkHqo2oupEiZSDpPsNM3svJWSK0ookOX-o8TwYEQlDZRodB73i/s200/help-wanted1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467609988805750130" /></a><br />Looking for a small crew for (1-2) days of hard labor, limited accommodations, and poor pay. <br /><br />Unlimited fresh air, wildlife sightings, and future use of the cabin all possible. <br /><br />Prior experience not required. Will train.<br /><br /><br />The plan is to allow two days to drive out and unload. Monday, June 28th we will try to get the timbers organized, make a run to Helena for supplies, and possibly set the sill beams. June 29th and 30th will be the timber raising/heavy lifting days when help will be needed. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nqmtK25tfGgwvk78OE8lwoGdX6c3wLz1kCnZKm_IiRP18EYudsN-U3wn5SFWNC4yVda712cYawEGgG04HpN9YsOCn5jiWb9u7dydRrc4Igu9xPxnP0wQ6-A2ow6O1PhtFq4yiNMECYVD/s1600/IPA.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nqmtK25tfGgwvk78OE8lwoGdX6c3wLz1kCnZKm_IiRP18EYudsN-U3wn5SFWNC4yVda712cYawEGgG04HpN9YsOCn5jiWb9u7dydRrc4Igu9xPxnP0wQ6-A2ow6O1PhtFq4yiNMECYVD/s200/IPA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467605845158947970" /></a>Anyone interested in helping please apply by posting a comment directly on the blog. <br /><br />NO applications will be rejected. <br /><br />Cold IPA awaits.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-68975069186258027802010-05-03T19:52:00.049-05:002010-05-05T12:10:22.630-05:00Slow and SteadyWith the kid's basketball season over and the plans modified to take full advantage of the selected building site it was time to get back to the timbers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXvCbvBxL5IvPEEfaxmtdM8EGMdwBPbQExUCm48mJnJmxA1WwqYAFrKIMfjpDWWW8QtKSOxnvI1gaYUjzcgAYBVPPu78Kfj6mKz_kxlNbjASMD16f32rEROWkvgZKHXLHSvLUME7tNWRd/s1600/cabin.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXvCbvBxL5IvPEEfaxmtdM8EGMdwBPbQExUCm48mJnJmxA1WwqYAFrKIMfjpDWWW8QtKSOxnvI1gaYUjzcgAYBVPPu78Kfj6mKz_kxlNbjASMD16f32rEROWkvgZKHXLHSvLUME7tNWRd/s200/cabin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467232557373997634" /></a> Google SketchUp was useful to visualize the new layout and help to plan the new timbers and required joints. After a few mortise modifications all of the previously finished posts were salvageable. In addition only small changes were required to the long sill's to accommodate the changes. <br /><br /><br />Thank God for the use of my parent's barn. It has been so nice to be able to dry fit the timbers while working inside. The barn was cold on some mornings and dark with just my headlamps towards evenings but it has become a welcome refuge for me during the project. Throughout the colder months visitors were few. My Dad, Nellie, and my bat friends (overhead in the barn rafters) were among the hardy few. With the weather warming now though I appreciate the more frequent visitations. It is always nice to have visitors (even better are those willing to help). <br /><br />With the family helping we assembled the completed sills and posts to give the first impression of the size of the cabin.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphen0SUZIjYXcbG4IBPjxxHhDh1WE-HEeeY0ctOl_o1YAzy-RR4D1H16r5zSUtK8IDGhBpr23LeD48mi3xS5a5JigvHpaYw_YmizB25KCq8kwkZJmdKBe3I1NnBkrtZ-UVAQwffCWLV72IB/s1600/IMG_3476.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphen0SUZIjYXcbG4IBPjxxHhDh1WE-HEeeY0ctOl_o1YAzy-RR4D1H16r5zSUtK8IDGhBpr23LeD48mi3xS5a5JigvHpaYw_YmizB25KCq8kwkZJmdKBe3I1NnBkrtZ-UVAQwffCWLV72IB/s320/IMG_3476.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467219600139115842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_R5AYaMAoe-QZYlW7H-yGY5Ht-PCX1mKfLMZ7rClsL0Kb_6GJ4UQwynMHpXRA_i1lwisxvvJDUf7i3XtXK-h-MqgHDMd0NNFKeVWTBUvY9lzcoPV3reg3Gkx-jdERbzC_qMlzBWku9q6/s1600/IMG_3479.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_R5AYaMAoe-QZYlW7H-yGY5Ht-PCX1mKfLMZ7rClsL0Kb_6GJ4UQwynMHpXRA_i1lwisxvvJDUf7i3XtXK-h-MqgHDMd0NNFKeVWTBUvY9lzcoPV3reg3Gkx-jdERbzC_qMlzBWku9q6/s320/IMG_3479.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467226138873469410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlAU-NemGcBhJ0EEjN0W1BrGd3jNi4Q0ujEE2-hnCy79xNL8Z0WKqiE8vnjHEQyYixAcx95jDW9TNGayDrnV3dlSz0CbA5RU-AGQfI7qA7vff4EsJhVji0SLhGMGsi3QZCMusnIj_EM4Ro/s1600/IMG_3497.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlAU-NemGcBhJ0EEjN0W1BrGd3jNi4Q0ujEE2-hnCy79xNL8Z0WKqiE8vnjHEQyYixAcx95jDW9TNGayDrnV3dlSz0CbA5RU-AGQfI7qA7vff4EsJhVji0SLhGMGsi3QZCMusnIj_EM4Ro/s320/IMG_3497.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467226160183710898" /></a> Over the Winter I also dragged some oak logs up from the woods. Unfortunately there are too many older oaks dieing so I had picked (7) trees with relatively straight sections and hauled them to the old cow yard behind the barn to await Spring's arrival. <br /><br />A neighbor with his WoodMizer came over a few weekends ago and we did quick work of the oak logs hauled out during the Winter. With the help of my Dad, the Oliver 550, plus Sherry and the kids we got (2) stacks of slab siding (some boards over 20" wide), a larger than expected pile of dimensional 1x8 boards, and (2) very heavy but nice 3" slabs for counter tops. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYXT_ajQT8OozG5FbVT-CLxwPL6U2knETH3B5_J1JjJqDQVhTmzdby1lX22tg9AwMQifTZh-d_AFEZc8OTMCQx7uHveXn610PakRA7b5XKLvM772CRVLQe2gK1o7KIwH7ixW9vEyIUAwu/s1600/SawMill03.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYXT_ajQT8OozG5FbVT-CLxwPL6U2knETH3B5_J1JjJqDQVhTmzdby1lX22tg9AwMQifTZh-d_AFEZc8OTMCQx7uHveXn610PakRA7b5XKLvM772CRVLQe2gK1o7KIwH7ixW9vEyIUAwu/s320/SawMill03.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467230223206613986" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrDhG_87PJsIqFeUo7n0zjHutaws6H-OOugX62t8FMLarqcKy4FELcieW2eDyUoas66sFlVdqlnifbZqoLkpeqTRVd1fa-rAuKBx5RRoMgP5rBwsh1PhuHnRsg5th4toh-yhhcesUgXa5/s1600/SawMill04.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrDhG_87PJsIqFeUo7n0zjHutaws6H-OOugX62t8FMLarqcKy4FELcieW2eDyUoas66sFlVdqlnifbZqoLkpeqTRVd1fa-rAuKBx5RRoMgP5rBwsh1PhuHnRsg5th4toh-yhhcesUgXa5/s320/SawMill04.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467230234849132738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwQFO5Yya3w2-0s_BtgiQ_8S5yTYUMVZx4oD824CK5exiyYO0moQkQ63oNocaOaIr7G1mr7D0renqy5CvTIi7eE4snr4fuLtklhwsZYMHCQxSYU2Qlxn2EIYC4bHAGDlbb1U4xHrs7p-o/s1600/IMG_3515.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwQFO5Yya3w2-0s_BtgiQ_8S5yTYUMVZx4oD824CK5exiyYO0moQkQ63oNocaOaIr7G1mr7D0renqy5CvTIi7eE4snr4fuLtklhwsZYMHCQxSYU2Qlxn2EIYC4bHAGDlbb1U4xHrs7p-o/s320/IMG_3515.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467241960833015202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT23KPFNE3kURt_3QDR0TcyK0BzqAAnPn4sSMnpIqnv1oLmg31NKJQ4-U1y_EA85OK37i0Q-VygKUZea9K0wFLRpQyZIBopq42WWm76fAcjzP5f4x8p9CwMODnXfblH89_ssNsat_vwbJQ/s1600/IMG_3517.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT23KPFNE3kURt_3QDR0TcyK0BzqAAnPn4sSMnpIqnv1oLmg31NKJQ4-U1y_EA85OK37i0Q-VygKUZea9K0wFLRpQyZIBopq42WWm76fAcjzP5f4x8p9CwMODnXfblH89_ssNsat_vwbJQ/s320/IMG_3517.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467241974173296978" /></a> The oak was stored yet in another of my Dad's barns (the old horse barn) since it is more open for quicker drying than the main barn and much closer to carry the 3" thick counter top slabs. The horse barn was the original building built on the farm with beautiful hand hewn timbers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LYis2_XPCufNSG7UyqUehqPh6qLKUoXEjvBBx3AXaxBKtPzJJPnpIgf3i6k4uSVXHH0cvRiMAPvCR2tWt86ZvGXE9Gizdr2_2MqLJ_nwiHxXvkXgEcyOZj_QWcCCevqkqOOH9kRXPq5S/s1600/IMG_3559.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LYis2_XPCufNSG7UyqUehqPh6qLKUoXEjvBBx3AXaxBKtPzJJPnpIgf3i6k4uSVXHH0cvRiMAPvCR2tWt86ZvGXE9Gizdr2_2MqLJ_nwiHxXvkXgEcyOZj_QWcCCevqkqOOH9kRXPq5S/s320/IMG_3559.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467596807184062162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoNU6L-h25Et3EtycV3tBzYGarsKNL54r53l9bW1B_ZKX5nslBHs6x8EoHh2EgvlH44XAZZhAwSz0dPgJQ8mEttxcN7Dca3iKrYfYbuM6VDhQG5WFjLAYFec9rmwtWTIu58zWAG9l-OG9/s1600/IMG_3566.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoNU6L-h25Et3EtycV3tBzYGarsKNL54r53l9bW1B_ZKX5nslBHs6x8EoHh2EgvlH44XAZZhAwSz0dPgJQ8mEttxcN7Dca3iKrYfYbuM6VDhQG5WFjLAYFec9rmwtWTIu58zWAG9l-OG9/s320/IMG_3566.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467598037873573906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZx3Onqwt5B7Rn7lQc52MRMOyf9rT8F_JW_co_QvrFmJJGTip5hWKrWc4plTROd5u1GfaAS2ZKn6ahcC8hMWzczO5kAfVRSN-SUuxOuZWmX7sFsGJcSqFwDDF61yz8HJmRsRyiI-s0nFP/s1600/IMG_3580.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZx3Onqwt5B7Rn7lQc52MRMOyf9rT8F_JW_co_QvrFmJJGTip5hWKrWc4plTROd5u1GfaAS2ZKn6ahcC8hMWzczO5kAfVRSN-SUuxOuZWmX7sFsGJcSqFwDDF61yz8HJmRsRyiI-s0nFP/s320/IMG_3580.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467599670314055954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xxzi-7Fzce_hs2v7IjFgY7tTsOQ8fqT0xED4WdkjOh5H7Ju0dugxHYIDilj3uIi3UJ7-UTl-lYCOeOAtUMo5Tfkx5HCCU9-0_354wCalBjSp3g6_U76tHqhjWd7YWeu6SOJVtJWQfjg5/s1600/IMG_3583.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xxzi-7Fzce_hs2v7IjFgY7tTsOQ8fqT0xED4WdkjOh5H7Ju0dugxHYIDilj3uIi3UJ7-UTl-lYCOeOAtUMo5Tfkx5HCCU9-0_354wCalBjSp3g6_U76tHqhjWd7YWeu6SOJVtJWQfjg5/s320/IMG_3583.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467599660102062210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDppJCuw-DWI8Sg_tfnzOc6lY7-i3EuPz-b5rj4DqsIdYDhNHjj7e8Ewct7DFKUJX3wZh6tbTCH3oQKH33FoYcdIZt1UX36M3H38KWhpnjtYyvyWUioiKfVJl09QWGTy7O4bpXqPtyn7Tt/s1600/IMG_3582.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDppJCuw-DWI8Sg_tfnzOc6lY7-i3EuPz-b5rj4DqsIdYDhNHjj7e8Ewct7DFKUJX3wZh6tbTCH3oQKH33FoYcdIZt1UX36M3H38KWhpnjtYyvyWUioiKfVJl09QWGTy7O4bpXqPtyn7Tt/s320/IMG_3582.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467599652218209282" /></a> All in all I thought it was not too bad for the price of (4) sore backs and $138.<br /><br />Progress to mention on the logistics side - I booked a trucker. A gentleman from Montana has been hired to haul the load West. He is experienced with the area and has hauled logs for log homes in the past. The loading date for the Wisconsin to Montana trip has been set for June 25th. This more than anything has lit a fire under my @%#. So many joints to make with so few weekends left.<br /><br />Speaking of time; floor joists with their dovetail mortises, tenons, and adzed tapers to reduce stresses can be VERY time consuming. So much time and effort that will be so quickly covered come raising day with plywood subflooring. I kept reminding myself that Simpson joist hangers were invented for a reason. After too many weekends spent on the base of the cabin. The finshed product was a joy to look at and to have in my past.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmDyzI_pyMEcH7GMNxFn7KnNdrEH5XXSuAdgRXN1LpwOiNW7MQsBb4TkWzk3At6uWX9Zti_Kcrsto7lXeAXAKSastN5GQBVyRRCTsyLbJsfqyOn1YicDtDe6cm8Z1wZo9u5MRNLZxeGuj/s1600/IMG_3538.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmDyzI_pyMEcH7GMNxFn7KnNdrEH5XXSuAdgRXN1LpwOiNW7MQsBb4TkWzk3At6uWX9Zti_Kcrsto7lXeAXAKSastN5GQBVyRRCTsyLbJsfqyOn1YicDtDe6cm8Z1wZo9u5MRNLZxeGuj/s320/IMG_3538.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467602647256333570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMbVtZwvI-q9-l7Pjtd-6M6wnRjhTao5Ogi3mcmyoRiIjKj9U1rD2ikpvKhs5BQKP6IwlZVctRju8FtPd28PEUmINEmN05nEJ8RUeuiQZRDcrCnFDh43n4K6GeQ7er6vyL4pszz0cLhuz/s1600/IMG_3542.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMbVtZwvI-q9-l7Pjtd-6M6wnRjhTao5Ogi3mcmyoRiIjKj9U1rD2ikpvKhs5BQKP6IwlZVctRju8FtPd28PEUmINEmN05nEJ8RUeuiQZRDcrCnFDh43n4K6GeQ7er6vyL4pszz0cLhuz/s320/IMG_3542.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467602655732347282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJx2g3EKoRSpCoxN8iMVBgbWjRtKMeCtTAbQfxuaBbg3u1NTQhv5otg764z6fTw7hFTqIoAjrf8mAvJbRDJ9A_EY80TAeeZIa4dJm0DTxnDdAQQ81EM9ysDERl2wEZq0e9gA5JFRogL8b/s1600/IMG_3552.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJx2g3EKoRSpCoxN8iMVBgbWjRtKMeCtTAbQfxuaBbg3u1NTQhv5otg764z6fTw7hFTqIoAjrf8mAvJbRDJ9A_EY80TAeeZIa4dJm0DTxnDdAQQ81EM9ysDERl2wEZq0e9gA5JFRogL8b/s320/IMG_3552.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467602670111467778" /></a>><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6FkUNnlH6gO_suw6Yb_hkd4vqiuLRdRvZJnW0kB7W232X0NlwkbwOir6YJ2F9A5jeoKflNKWagbjQVuW8DD6U6htVeYolJUiGsr9Pynn1-E8HoygKzj6odBUcDXZ5jmr5iCF5_r2Pbb_/s1600/IMG_3532.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6FkUNnlH6gO_suw6Yb_hkd4vqiuLRdRvZJnW0kB7W232X0NlwkbwOir6YJ2F9A5jeoKflNKWagbjQVuW8DD6U6htVeYolJUiGsr9Pynn1-E8HoygKzj6odBUcDXZ5jmr5iCF5_r2Pbb_/s320/IMG_3532.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467602674451370530" /></a><br />Off to the long 6x6 plates, bird's-mount shoulders, and 4x6 rafters.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-20400687268831122942009-08-16T18:33:00.145-05:002009-08-22T08:55:52.696-05:00Phase One CompleteOK it <em>has</em> been some time since my last posting; with the kid's sports, helping them prepare their animals for the 4-H fair, and knowing that we would not be hauling the timbers out West this year I did relax my pace. But now after our family trip to Montana I am glad I was not farther along. It would seem that the plans will need to change and therefore so will many of the timbers. The objective for the trip was to select the building site then layout and pour the concrete footings. Mostly it was nice for the whole family to finally see the property just outside of Wolf Creek.<br /><br />I do though have some progress to report during this time frame. I purchased some redwood boards (~120 year old) from a wood silo that had been disassemblied from a farm in northern Wisconsin. My Dad and I drove up to hand select the full 2x6" tongue and groove boards. The wood was solid but very rough as could be expected from the years of exposure. I hand sanded one piece retaining some of the original gray patina and then lightly planned another piece exposing that beautiful old growth grain. I like the look of both so I am still undecided which way I will proceed.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkdfMPOBsdoJjgqLTLkHN4q6zgtQuXPRAMy8T-CIdJrMcJk2U92n97tKLrreA152B49JkTzFScUP3D4Z1TuvaPmOG6twlz8hkJYYarZpqhX6fthpmvckopXkWW2JhaV_5SaTb2BtSsKMR/s1600-h/IMG_2966.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkdfMPOBsdoJjgqLTLkHN4q6zgtQuXPRAMy8T-CIdJrMcJk2U92n97tKLrreA152B49JkTzFScUP3D4Z1TuvaPmOG6twlz8hkJYYarZpqhX6fthpmvckopXkWW2JhaV_5SaTb2BtSsKMR/s320/IMG_2966.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371486404151501138" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>DAY #1 - Explore and Select the Building Site</strong><br /><br />The first task at hand was to walk the property and decide on the building site. The land seems much larger than our home in Wisconsin even though it is almost half the size. The three main areas under consideration were the lower rock ledge, the lower meadow, and the upper meadow.<br /><br /><em>Lower Rock Ledge</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkX2r7nDdgo8TASCSmQ5zJ-ID7tfCIJZkNh738FePf3q5vbTaEga2td2K9wxbiWz-p1ySpt0bHsWrq1mIOJBRz4NHmKjNUPgItCCVXqHmfVJJ2STom9npnd0jyKQx_gbdgfMmdOHc3lob/s1600-h/IMG_2237.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkX2r7nDdgo8TASCSmQ5zJ-ID7tfCIJZkNh738FePf3q5vbTaEga2td2K9wxbiWz-p1ySpt0bHsWrq1mIOJBRz4NHmKjNUPgItCCVXqHmfVJJ2STom9npnd0jyKQx_gbdgfMmdOHc3lob/s320/IMG_2237.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371105097820608498" /></a><br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqahU0anDZHKZwKyWJhHSqAef3JmyJv4sXn81cjNYvThF-LPDY5v7n-8wnQgKp-ogPA4DzK9df623GF2pjy1WiWaTI5O1ol8mIL1ui4qNrS0MPG3QOTZrgPzf2BZhfSmVJI1SH8Wim_4Z9/s1600-h/IMG_2245.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqahU0anDZHKZwKyWJhHSqAef3JmyJv4sXn81cjNYvThF-LPDY5v7n-8wnQgKp-ogPA4DzK9df623GF2pjy1WiWaTI5O1ol8mIL1ui4qNrS0MPG3QOTZrgPzf2BZhfSmVJI1SH8Wim_4Z9/s320/IMG_2245.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371106315721478498" /></a><br /><br /><em>Lower Meadow</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxifaR4Q_DwJrXFBp8ZcVBClvXAkbdFb1rP64b2vA6ZbeWamVrfvjP-NoMnl1stf8Iom3TOzUe3yfYB13uyhM3pOxUfDE9N6jL4DVQj57CZI4J9JA2czXUvGegzC_-L7ux16UZQNSLrE9/s1600-h/IMG_2265.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxifaR4Q_DwJrXFBp8ZcVBClvXAkbdFb1rP64b2vA6ZbeWamVrfvjP-NoMnl1stf8Iom3TOzUe3yfYB13uyhM3pOxUfDE9N6jL4DVQj57CZI4J9JA2czXUvGegzC_-L7ux16UZQNSLrE9/s320/IMG_2265.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371111952045274514" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Upper Meadow</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjp5H0_U3ii00vUNl_PMY5DjY1mFVMdTK-0MoOYPcuprQ7jySYgV3Ead_uwt8Ny9TMvlDM2fviL7lDk9uSHK5F3nXa2OkrLswD6oHdUNAmVhAMvV5IHjcQKL8dJj8qcF0Tk6lR8Own3kRQ/s1600-h/IMG_2275.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjp5H0_U3ii00vUNl_PMY5DjY1mFVMdTK-0MoOYPcuprQ7jySYgV3Ead_uwt8Ny9TMvlDM2fviL7lDk9uSHK5F3nXa2OkrLswD6oHdUNAmVhAMvV5IHjcQKL8dJj8qcF0Tk6lR8Own3kRQ/s320/IMG_2275.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371108894114725186" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwawlXL8nTZzrersElS_h3P_OdwbSc-bmkJYCF0m2q2l2KlA9UQJAizvx2GbwxU5gUzvwGU_99EWAfeTXoH4Da8VKYmbXeUhtJTuPpDHP8ra8eZSdqlZ8h34pDPCWSfUV8z7TqBBMHgdA_/s1600-h/montana07.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwawlXL8nTZzrersElS_h3P_OdwbSc-bmkJYCF0m2q2l2KlA9UQJAizvx2GbwxU5gUzvwGU_99EWAfeTXoH4Da8VKYmbXeUhtJTuPpDHP8ra8eZSdqlZ8h34pDPCWSfUV8z7TqBBMHgdA_/s320/montana07.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372183544256132626" /></a><br />We decided to save the upper meadow for the building site for the main house someday, due mainly to its view potential and rock outcropings. The lower meadow was selected for the cabin site and the lower rock ledge will make a nice trail destination to place a reading bench someday. The last thing that clinched the deal for the cabin location was the cougar scat that we found in the "front yard". Bronte can finally have that house kitty she has been asking for. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3UNU4X4eEyZVzK6KucxW2M07RKNzJ-zplQGrhrtiWRylfBsSKxYBbLwgqNcxu6H7wD5-uEw5v8Kl49H5ck3suR5sgHoP1d6_bYVPUp63s4wT_gdYsSIKgVTvncrKf7HF3PhtgEnsqiV_/s1600-h/IMG_2291.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3UNU4X4eEyZVzK6KucxW2M07RKNzJ-zplQGrhrtiWRylfBsSKxYBbLwgqNcxu6H7wD5-uEw5v8Kl49H5ck3suR5sgHoP1d6_bYVPUp63s4wT_gdYsSIKgVTvncrKf7HF3PhtgEnsqiV_/s320/IMG_2291.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371119884768897874" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>DAY #2 - Layout and Dig the Holes</strong><br /><br />With the location decided on, Clayton and I got an early start laying out where the cement piers would be located. I decided to use <a href="http://www.bigfootsystems.com/">Bigfoot footings</a> forms, 8" concrete sono tubes, and support weldments I had fabricated and shipped out prior to our departure as the cabin's foundation system. But first we had to dig/pick the (9) 3 feet deep holes. The whole crew really worked hard and we actually completed all of the layout and excavating in a single day. <br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyd_lMBuMv6ZVSUaUKlNoR_OkdTx2rk4-jPrepqYQZnYh-t25xNcV4DNRQ9B17oDPnoUmYSmd7LCCi77wpuRC9DHppqsAFRWxEWRbaDXVoN0tiyG5KRw7winxese5qt3Pl6x30lybq5WL/s1600-h/IMG_2343.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyd_lMBuMv6ZVSUaUKlNoR_OkdTx2rk4-jPrepqYQZnYh-t25xNcV4DNRQ9B17oDPnoUmYSmd7LCCi77wpuRC9DHppqsAFRWxEWRbaDXVoN0tiyG5KRw7winxese5qt3Pl6x30lybq5WL/s320/IMG_2343.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371359332979431042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh68oSILyBpAk6aPGp2UZ3GNZf43NF5RuSao3IvyXWKEZgq5rQSD06cbYJdis1p1m52LLlhyphenhyphenI8I7tvnA_Ug-1BNS4odRvYRsXy_veL3rt8wC87w4V8Yljg-8_tgomg99T9cy817VuRBYDT/s1600-h/IMG_2352.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh68oSILyBpAk6aPGp2UZ3GNZf43NF5RuSao3IvyXWKEZgq5rQSD06cbYJdis1p1m52LLlhyphenhyphenI8I7tvnA_Ug-1BNS4odRvYRsXy_veL3rt8wC87w4V8Yljg-8_tgomg99T9cy817VuRBYDT/s320/IMG_2352.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371360191115323538" /></a><br />I was pleased with our progress this far.<br /><br />In order not to waste valuable time in the morning we decided to make the material run yet that night. The cement stage required a trip back in to Helena which is ~30 minutes from Wolf Creek. We had purchased the measuring and layout supplies when we first arrived by plane in Helena before driving out to Wolf Creek but with all of the luggage we knew we would need to make a return trip. <br /><br /><strong>What a load it was</strong>; (27) 80# bags of concrete mix (~2,160#), (9) 24" foot forms, (9) sono tubes, misc. supplies, and (2) tired kids. Afterall it was only a rental. Off we went towards the mountians praying that first we would make it there and secondly we would make it up the mountian road.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmv8LBJlJWr64w6K6QLeFuddPM6xh2Q5MfxfF4mynMB_X_Pu_dP53rzJM71Q_eA_kRU8A02-5aamPUo4KborI4QCN-pK6Ia6X6dhfn9OYdnAYzD4qR8Wtq-7i-Xn90FR9jYF_fYrHEE5N/s1600-h/IMG_2356.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmv8LBJlJWr64w6K6QLeFuddPM6xh2Q5MfxfF4mynMB_X_Pu_dP53rzJM71Q_eA_kRU8A02-5aamPUo4KborI4QCN-pK6Ia6X6dhfn9OYdnAYzD4qR8Wtq-7i-Xn90FR9jYF_fYrHEE5N/s320/IMG_2356.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371451293720085682" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSItZmT1APptyWYvfT7t-i_3m0NGelSj6ZFZlNB4BKx5Axc34qPhcmSVY_W-n4dr6isPAyyV5wmlexUZ0M1mCvpuog9C-W6bTD96G1R_skYoiasYheG-YU-lrHDcxKWUMdK4CxD2DvstdV/s1600-h/IMG_2357.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSItZmT1APptyWYvfT7t-i_3m0NGelSj6ZFZlNB4BKx5Axc34qPhcmSVY_W-n4dr6isPAyyV5wmlexUZ0M1mCvpuog9C-W6bTD96G1R_skYoiasYheG-YU-lrHDcxKWUMdK4CxD2DvstdV/s320/IMG_2357.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371451292923723298" /></a><br />Everyone was exhausted but we arrived back in Wolf Creek with all of the materials ready for tomorrow and the transmission still intact on the rental car. I was <em>very </em>happy with our progress on the first day of work. <br /><br /><br /><strong>DAY #3 - Level the Forms and Start Pouring Concrete</strong><br /><br />The Bigfoot footings and sono tubes were placed in the holes and then leveled. I was surprised by the amount of slope the site ended up having. Keeping the back corner of the cabin at a mininum height still required the opposing corner pier to be ~4 feet tall. <br /><br />But wait, we decided to change things up a little. In order to take better advantage of the site, slope, and views we decided to move the porch to the front of the cabin and make the main cabin 14x20' now. This requires the digging of (2) extra holes for the porch foundation. The leveling took much longer than the "crew" desired but in the end I would rather spend the time now than have regrets later. Dan was great in helping my fatigued brain in assuring we were good to go. Once the tubes were individually marked, they were cut to length, the tubes were then screwed to the plastic footing forms, remeasured for level, and then the holes were back filled with dirt. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiD0AmWc1u3ydnKorqC48dP8x5KZ_m16g083cT3GCD7qWEu7dNXTIIR0EiJagu2wK75Bg2mcnGvsWVcQXIkt3uv1ZdmO7_iK-QYu7hAb8Dsycm70Ku-KBtmw1Gt02n9j_jumXr_2RCFM9/s1600-h/IMG_2376.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiD0AmWc1u3ydnKorqC48dP8x5KZ_m16g083cT3GCD7qWEu7dNXTIIR0EiJagu2wK75Bg2mcnGvsWVcQXIkt3uv1ZdmO7_iK-QYu7hAb8Dsycm70Ku-KBtmw1Gt02n9j_jumXr_2RCFM9/s320/IMG_2376.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371447565429534338" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3BQ0z6qL9YI-ocFdzJnmqf8cGePqsRon1ZdzKkknu8SbPyKiSiMwqHIAzGwAh6hrO_iuPVS0CiLNWqitUFGMdRavY7yqBXGWSeqvsK1SgDor24Qfz7MsO1h-GJ7NYUMl1Mkf-lzh5Hkz/s1600-h/IMG_2372.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3BQ0z6qL9YI-ocFdzJnmqf8cGePqsRon1ZdzKkknu8SbPyKiSiMwqHIAzGwAh6hrO_iuPVS0CiLNWqitUFGMdRavY7yqBXGWSeqvsK1SgDor24Qfz7MsO1h-GJ7NYUMl1Mkf-lzh5Hkz/s320/IMG_2372.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371447553566828722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNHcHGyuTXg9ToJ-MfqljDmY-2sSgu-GRcQwngJMBEnyFJf5Yn726gyMfAPGL77-vdfe8PQUAvDrsUcJZoccTVI5m5hoFxcSILgPPBIdjnegT1VtajoZ5iFVeQMq5Dv1ylljp3LID7pzn/s1600-h/IMG_2371.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNHcHGyuTXg9ToJ-MfqljDmY-2sSgu-GRcQwngJMBEnyFJf5Yn726gyMfAPGL77-vdfe8PQUAvDrsUcJZoccTVI5m5hoFxcSILgPPBIdjnegT1VtajoZ5iFVeQMq5Dv1ylljp3LID7pzn/s320/IMG_2371.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371447548991970690" /></a><br />With the leveling complete, Bronte and I took a break before we started mixing the concrete while Clayton was looking like he was done for the day. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkG8K_oHr1cCplBCK9C62VPmPY5B_ma3c6GV49L0Y8E6i0Ac-HD3YmDRdtk3XXqU4ruKv9oFt9QSqj2tLs6-UDaYozzPuaQ2-JKoNPqN5Iw2Fogbp30XqSkXu-0MLLjzlNoAwBMy982HkX/s1600-h/IMG_2365.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkG8K_oHr1cCplBCK9C62VPmPY5B_ma3c6GV49L0Y8E6i0Ac-HD3YmDRdtk3XXqU4ruKv9oFt9QSqj2tLs6-UDaYozzPuaQ2-JKoNPqN5Iw2Fogbp30XqSkXu-0MLLjzlNoAwBMy982HkX/s320/IMG_2365.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371362119788866210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFH9gG3su11TCf_XKfCHeTWQEjM8ieJrxOGF8cJwHGQ-I245T3O6ulj0o1Vu9J6czJAprHOY8djl5o9O18dIsHXOfPznKBlueVaCQwMC01F8RBDI7cXkJ20OgezcX2BlCvRwb_PgxWCPL5/s1600-h/IMG_2366.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFH9gG3su11TCf_XKfCHeTWQEjM8ieJrxOGF8cJwHGQ-I245T3O6ulj0o1Vu9J6czJAprHOY8djl5o9O18dIsHXOfPznKBlueVaCQwMC01F8RBDI7cXkJ20OgezcX2BlCvRwb_PgxWCPL5/s320/IMG_2366.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371362129251078434" /></a><br /><strong>Logistics:</strong> Keeping with the only hand tools/traditional/add complexity to the project theme the cabin's location required us to hand carry the cement bags (ultimately more than 3,000 lbs) and haul the water from the road ~150 yards to the site. Dan parked his truck with a water tank on the road allowing us to carry water by pail to the site. Cement was mixed by hand in a wheel barrow and then shoveled one shovel at a time in to the 8" sono tubes. <br /><br />A big thank you needs to go out to Dan for being a strong back and for all of his support. I suggest he gets a mule though for all of the crazy projects he attempts on the mountain when he is not relaxing helping us.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfsM3bNSInjBPUlEXPOB4blaRumy-j66ZnS4AiQog7GdpeAJOjzmYdOBf1JwaIbo2pK8wGttw3e4oKmabndSuC7Mh2pLyqysrUPIU3NiDHEWv8DKllApk5qcfaTfrvhHAxVk_j9WLIuxW/s1600-h/IMG_2386.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfsM3bNSInjBPUlEXPOB4blaRumy-j66ZnS4AiQog7GdpeAJOjzmYdOBf1JwaIbo2pK8wGttw3e4oKmabndSuC7Mh2pLyqysrUPIU3NiDHEWv8DKllApk5qcfaTfrvhHAxVk_j9WLIuxW/s320/IMG_2386.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371493942902708386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qgHYahQ56ooElTajqLZ0SOE-mrZT4bsqPxZywL-JAb5C0oLYrN9oWGtdNdld57Y4qdQSjYZSLpzwNfLXV21Qw1AOswhnd1RkOwr0OWmU14SGPVuNJlBfkjwaVdpPcat-YOieMaDMBvT_/s1600-h/IMG_2384.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qgHYahQ56ooElTajqLZ0SOE-mrZT4bsqPxZywL-JAb5C0oLYrN9oWGtdNdld57Y4qdQSjYZSLpzwNfLXV21Qw1AOswhnd1RkOwr0OWmU14SGPVuNJlBfkjwaVdpPcat-YOieMaDMBvT_/s320/IMG_2384.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371493930706179586" /></a> <em>But how can we make bricks without straw? You will glean the fields by night and work by day. The brick count will not fall by a single brick or you will feel the lash of the brick masters whip. Let your Moses help you now. Let it be written. Let it be done.</em><br /><br />We started with the taller piers and finished (4) yet that day. The footing forms alone took (3) 80# bags of cement mix so progress was slow but measurable. Sherry and Clayton ran to Helena for (23) more bags of cement (this time 60# bags though for easier hauling to the site from the road). Bronte was "Aqua Girl", running back and forth hauling the water from Dan's truck. When they returned from Helena with the cement we carried the bags to the site, covered them with a tarp, and called it a day. A shower, supper, and early to bed was the agenda for the remainder of the evening. The crew needed a break.<br /><br /><br /><strong>DAY #4 - Boating and Fishing</strong><br /><br />To avoid a mutany and/or locking up my back we decided a day off was in order. We took a boat tour of the Gates of the Mountains region just up the river from us. We took a relaxing (3) hour boat tour, learned much about the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the Man Gulch fire that also occured 60 years ago this year near the "gates" area while crusing the slow moving Missouri River.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZoYNC9LDtQ-nGSS5Wjgmi-K_hZL7gna8Hlf69kSTetAJ6lLPAElCKGeaNAS9F8H9wHVCbfxh6HCx8PB4AlZqZC0IYLC6UFc6JYDOieTT53aPFHbyO7xAiiuQExutrnTD0enddgQ8H3Ui/s1600-h/IMG_2405.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZoYNC9LDtQ-nGSS5Wjgmi-K_hZL7gna8Hlf69kSTetAJ6lLPAElCKGeaNAS9F8H9wHVCbfxh6HCx8PB4AlZqZC0IYLC6UFc6JYDOieTT53aPFHbyO7xAiiuQExutrnTD0enddgQ8H3Ui/s320/IMG_2405.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372477005919411554" /></a> "Typical" view as you move up or down the majestic Missouri river.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMOTgrPk7u-aLNNS3O-YcXZeYzwv9oHE1wDedETLj0Wln7vQrHB7J7RLckxpcHtZd_kSubWyuXYE70OSMfTOyAIOlMTufJc7XTTvhCJWr7PL5vngJ0oUI5V7dXGq_Ub3LAAHX4Hpfjfxf/s1600-h/IMG_2503.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMOTgrPk7u-aLNNS3O-YcXZeYzwv9oHE1wDedETLj0Wln7vQrHB7J7RLckxpcHtZd_kSubWyuXYE70OSMfTOyAIOlMTufJc7XTTvhCJWr7PL5vngJ0oUI5V7dXGq_Ub3LAAHX4Hpfjfxf/s320/IMG_2503.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372477033119935330" /></a> A wolf print Bronte and I found on a short hike we took at a rest stop.<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EDpwdU3jtNs7pJbkne3DfYGwxU3qXyVTtZ2eUtcg4sCKaaZzRwpY1YpQ2jg2PWVSJT6vgUDCJtN9MLWzTqOnF8wyYaxcGDrBYV4pcNEf2iujYEdnX8xmn1YHqAoYs5CO9fs8YX87KPgB/s1600-h/IMG_2497.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EDpwdU3jtNs7pJbkne3DfYGwxU3qXyVTtZ2eUtcg4sCKaaZzRwpY1YpQ2jg2PWVSJT6vgUDCJtN9MLWzTqOnF8wyYaxcGDrBYV4pcNEf2iujYEdnX8xmn1YHqAoYs5CO9fs8YX87KPgB/s320/IMG_2497.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372477023485248626" /></a> An Osprey nest that has been used for several years based on its height.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl_RgSysY6AYnWNX_kDefqZ9KkBrnEmF1Qma-YREiFMq2D2UAyvZ8ovT64G1Os5-LfPb1lQ1i4jtVglUxeL6JBzeUBwtYKKoqvu-aD5PHWmkwY3JuJg32yhcqBPKKTd7Jb5hSu8IBIOk8/s1600-h/IMG_2470.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl_RgSysY6AYnWNX_kDefqZ9KkBrnEmF1Qma-YREiFMq2D2UAyvZ8ovT64G1Os5-LfPb1lQ1i4jtVglUxeL6JBzeUBwtYKKoqvu-aD5PHWmkwY3JuJg32yhcqBPKKTd7Jb5hSu8IBIOk8/s320/IMG_2470.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372477016200180738" /></a> There was an area with several petroglyphs on the rock faces, one of my favorites.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZObcNQ0gHPYVz6qwJoAMFDOP9i8w2lco0Z4x1WyqYzOPyXgN6ZIrtIdxIa9XZXvcYIBzT_LiErFTBZ3uEssRr349CX-Q2Z65XHoFraOmNpuuhaaEQwJEPXn9G-sntVgxW9webmDxAile/s1600-h/IMG_2481.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZObcNQ0gHPYVz6qwJoAMFDOP9i8w2lco0Z4x1WyqYzOPyXgN6ZIrtIdxIa9XZXvcYIBzT_LiErFTBZ3uEssRr349CX-Q2Z65XHoFraOmNpuuhaaEQwJEPXn9G-sntVgxW9webmDxAile/s320/IMG_2481.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372477041658630946" /></a> The famous "gate" opens to the front of the picture. To the left was the location of the 1949 Man Gultch Fire.<br /><br />Later in the evening we went fishing not real Montana fly fishing but Midwest worm and bobber fishing. The fish had plenty to eat off the surface of the water, they were jumping and surfacing everywhere but we landed none. No problem though, it was a beautiful night and we saw Muleys come down to drink everywhere you looked it seemed. Even with no fish it was still a perfect end to a nice relaxing day.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqPaJs3Lji5c00eICqFnRWtcZiJNKGIFL6A7265tfxXdQYtLxiK8Qy3jrBqkywIyXGNmak5i5U3V_zvzu4ph8_EzOZlejUYQcdgGOmsFZ-d-Z77NXPZk6HSe2iNpPmjuR9K9MWsCewcbB/s1600-h/IMG_2571.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqPaJs3Lji5c00eICqFnRWtcZiJNKGIFL6A7265tfxXdQYtLxiK8Qy3jrBqkywIyXGNmak5i5U3V_zvzu4ph8_EzOZlejUYQcdgGOmsFZ-d-Z77NXPZk6HSe2iNpPmjuR9K9MWsCewcbB/s320/IMG_2571.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372528681221351410" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0I3SkY3YISbETUP64U_XzwVBJsh8taTY6rGR0S-tIJSk_Xt1l_VUi8slu9tOWaiG8db275FmiQ-A5TgTRnUqDaOxU1PnU2rgUC8mi4lqci8oCNKbExRiWUxT14B4fTkOHba9zNIhU_mH6/s1600-h/IMG_2586.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0I3SkY3YISbETUP64U_XzwVBJsh8taTY6rGR0S-tIJSk_Xt1l_VUi8slu9tOWaiG8db275FmiQ-A5TgTRnUqDaOxU1PnU2rgUC8mi4lqci8oCNKbExRiWUxT14B4fTkOHba9zNIhU_mH6/s320/IMG_2586.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372529107815653170" /></a><br /><br /><strong>DAY #5 - Finishing the Cement Pier Systems"</strong><br /><br />After recharging our batteries Bronte and I got an early start the next morning. The shorter piers went much faster as we were cleaned up and completed by noon. <br />The overall concept went well. Once the tubes were filled to the top with cement I would round the edges as best as I could, slip the angle iron weldments through a 2x6with holes in the center, and slide them into the column of cement. The 2x6s served as a spacer to expose a consistent amount of the weldment from the top of the leveled tube. Once the weldment/2x6 was pushed flush their tops were rechecked for level and then lined up with the other piers in their respective row. The thinking with that the weld pads was to allow air circulation for the timbers and "hide" the surface contact reducing the opportunity for water to pool against them and the supports. We then made some last minute measurements, removed the 2x6 spacers and sono tube forms and admired our 2 1/2 days of hard labor. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZ1pZcVpNUoapSDPIRKlQIrELJnvSZHdEmD-cUSG5Ph-gnHw2dhKarKeXSbXKC9byvElLYo2MHX_8gGzQ5lCbjIfUmtPgu_3m3JlsOE3VQQyblvKWTZIsGkzlHUQLcHptwCvERyx6Op_9/s1600-h/IMG_2673.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZ1pZcVpNUoapSDPIRKlQIrELJnvSZHdEmD-cUSG5Ph-gnHw2dhKarKeXSbXKC9byvElLYo2MHX_8gGzQ5lCbjIfUmtPgu_3m3JlsOE3VQQyblvKWTZIsGkzlHUQLcHptwCvERyx6Op_9/s320/IMG_2673.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372535786235169490" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRvK8vb3LR7tgsSv_snSBxiVuCtEUcVSuXr2p8f9UAQdlNmrhfhOGvRXNVCF3mq_rA7FljQyiXr8qza6O6uitOnEFiG_Zplr5c7XcEyTt1kbq8pksgnKkGbs6BTWATCr88Lb14RpekdcK/s1600-h/IMG_2670.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRvK8vb3LR7tgsSv_snSBxiVuCtEUcVSuXr2p8f9UAQdlNmrhfhOGvRXNVCF3mq_rA7FljQyiXr8qza6O6uitOnEFiG_Zplr5c7XcEyTt1kbq8pksgnKkGbs6BTWATCr88Lb14RpekdcK/s320/IMG_2670.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372535795685435314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmkFB1VgPh50YBBmZIfrTI1bGltpoxk5bKhQAHSiVN9alDEKxQu5BCUaB321kJDPr8ArG8bx4GXaUdrVOhQAnSPwfPU4WKnSzXTpgque1HDbstLue7I51Lay8v8Zi-BOK9Br4AXKlJ0gf/s1600-h/IMG_2560.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmkFB1VgPh50YBBmZIfrTI1bGltpoxk5bKhQAHSiVN9alDEKxQu5BCUaB321kJDPr8ArG8bx4GXaUdrVOhQAnSPwfPU4WKnSzXTpgque1HDbstLue7I51Lay8v8Zi-BOK9Br4AXKlJ0gf/s320/IMG_2560.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372535801735653282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0P9mIojpvyhWOG7OxflHCuBvjyYtdql15tdeAMKJTV4xkn62a_0DXpBj82L6ZYvbB1FAsudVYGdySIMB8aigfwSWhtN_6wJy0LsnA420AO0NRKBRoA3wzN_Siv2Gz_3BHD_rLTgTBUBD/s1600-h/IMG_2731.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0P9mIojpvyhWOG7OxflHCuBvjyYtdql15tdeAMKJTV4xkn62a_0DXpBj82L6ZYvbB1FAsudVYGdySIMB8aigfwSWhtN_6wJy0LsnA420AO0NRKBRoA3wzN_Siv2Gz_3BHD_rLTgTBUBD/s320/IMG_2731.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372535812229368386" /></a><br />Overall I was VERY pleased with how everything worked out. Again a HUGE thank you needs to go out to Dan and Dawn for allowing us to stay with them, Dan for all his help and use of some of his tools, and Sherry/the kids for all of their hard work. With Stage #1 complete we were off to Glacier National Park.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdx7VeOu3Ig2TSMZnfsoFwVhoRlMOsNEVBJZ8jB2-oW4mbG-DjYR75Y0X-hiJx-VNEv44PZC0Ug_6kb72cCGTKg_kNrDZJuiKGoCL9qsPhLX58BzRVDQZYzjWKq0ljuIJgH2O9h2hrJ8I/s1600-h/IMG_2718.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdx7VeOu3Ig2TSMZnfsoFwVhoRlMOsNEVBJZ8jB2-oW4mbG-DjYR75Y0X-hiJx-VNEv44PZC0Ug_6kb72cCGTKg_kNrDZJuiKGoCL9qsPhLX58BzRVDQZYzjWKq0ljuIJgH2O9h2hrJ8I/s400/IMG_2718.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372562041433682994" /></a> The last night in Wolf Creek and one of my favorite pictures from the trip - until next year. <br /><br />.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-75732387373772401732009-04-07T20:48:00.011-05:002010-10-27T12:34:04.326-05:00First Tom<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYFN5x9c_8mlcZ-AV5wgb5jNGGkvoLShrLgVYnW-3TmhdTGgyfuJDygAFEfLecSP0l1LWM9SVqvWlhRmJ_-9yxe54SEJtQZzEIQ0mB3ycsSRp6ZvnH9EkwxAuljhfX12dT7Z_XJwop9RoO/s1600-h/IMG_1415.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYFN5x9c_8mlcZ-AV5wgb5jNGGkvoLShrLgVYnW-3TmhdTGgyfuJDygAFEfLecSP0l1LWM9SVqvWlhRmJ_-9yxe54SEJtQZzEIQ0mB3ycsSRp6ZvnH9EkwxAuljhfX12dT7Z_XJwop9RoO/s400/IMG_1415.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322146620049423234" /></a><br /><br />My daughter shot her first turkey this last weekend. The beautifully feathered tom weighted in @ 26 1/4 pounds with a 9 1/2" beard and 1" spurs. She was the first to spot the tom and was patient as he made his way towards the blind. She remained calm and took a great shot. It was a very memorable hunt for both of us.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KZGa1FuYV8lPiLLxfAVpbV6g3g8DBNXaaaeBVnw_dK8fRTMy5NO6Nw8Q0RFSEZgJdE98DsNRrlGOG7ziyXoYJDzOoN5U6EyNR7l17sc5tNm4lOBt5YrzeevQBkx4Hsnx3i4p-CedQlGL/s1600-h/IMG_1410.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KZGa1FuYV8lPiLLxfAVpbV6g3g8DBNXaaaeBVnw_dK8fRTMy5NO6Nw8Q0RFSEZgJdE98DsNRrlGOG7ziyXoYJDzOoN5U6EyNR7l17sc5tNm4lOBt5YrzeevQBkx4Hsnx3i4p-CedQlGL/s320/IMG_1410.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322143401266292946" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-61770661742738378812009-03-16T20:15:00.006-05:002009-03-17T19:01:21.228-05:00Posts CompleteSpring is nearing. This weekend brought temperatures in the upper 40s, the first bluebird of the year, and a group of deer feeding in the woods. I was able to work in the barn with the door open and I actually took my gloves off a couple of times. Life's simple pleasures. <br /><br />With (37) hours logged I have all (8) posts complete. I am pleased with my progress and pace to date. <br /><br />It must be warming up because Sherry even visited and took a few pictures :)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ifdKmbEnmq45QodlmfKiFysQQSUPELZFV2ZNGi0xR8bTCwL0i9ZLumvpfWWAVBV5FjEoNkdDXaW9u71S2u_EDbnUf7g7MNfG8olFVC1cnZ7ZQjvCb3Pn-R_9rbXxL1iv3d_KG9zygs-M/s1600-h/IMG_1129.JPG"><img style="float:center; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ifdKmbEnmq45QodlmfKiFysQQSUPELZFV2ZNGi0xR8bTCwL0i9ZLumvpfWWAVBV5FjEoNkdDXaW9u71S2u_EDbnUf7g7MNfG8olFVC1cnZ7ZQjvCb3Pn-R_9rbXxL1iv3d_KG9zygs-M/s320/IMG_1129.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313955978265380658" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-EtfCrdX-3NUUKL2nAOr6j6FhipMm6Tyhm7rVU3oHB1cm7HVW1NqD1cR05QG1qEOdakTgeeSa4tiOFkwp7C-iGfq-12oA3rkDCpMdm_S1YBiP47IX17GTgiuP1YwoVG0IKKH55PzvTKul/s1600-h/IMG_1160.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-EtfCrdX-3NUUKL2nAOr6j6FhipMm6Tyhm7rVU3oHB1cm7HVW1NqD1cR05QG1qEOdakTgeeSa4tiOFkwp7C-iGfq-12oA3rkDCpMdm_S1YBiP47IX17GTgiuP1YwoVG0IKKH55PzvTKul/s320/IMG_1160.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313958636077786370" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql1RYfEuQn2xz-fVP2y0ohtOHLnU5_hqiIuJ3inSy37bRdV2N4V-jnv3tJKN5Ub0msNBIfPAJSCP0U8novQWdyetB3KaI3XfNc12xbmH8jPibX-58frnN2qSJW-1GHVYRMZ0VFK53-Gbi/s1600-h/IMG_1171.JPG"><img style="float:center; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql1RYfEuQn2xz-fVP2y0ohtOHLnU5_hqiIuJ3inSy37bRdV2N4V-jnv3tJKN5Ub0msNBIfPAJSCP0U8novQWdyetB3KaI3XfNc12xbmH8jPibX-58frnN2qSJW-1GHVYRMZ0VFK53-Gbi/s320/IMG_1171.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313959283965635218" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-68704499650307318662009-02-21T19:15:00.026-06:002009-02-21T20:45:04.273-06:00Progress to Report<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryKVWyY5_Wra1dcNzv8WELHZWqRhgiEP8t6b9jT_dF3uYCF-p9M1le6P9l-lkqkrQU-6n8CtK9CjaQy5kLDguL_aVIBDnoUQsuHjkaruJUoLx5eHyFmIwy6MF2mDdrS8DqVfw2_ZwCxb_/s1600-h/IMG_1046.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryKVWyY5_Wra1dcNzv8WELHZWqRhgiEP8t6b9jT_dF3uYCF-p9M1le6P9l-lkqkrQU-6n8CtK9CjaQy5kLDguL_aVIBDnoUQsuHjkaruJUoLx5eHyFmIwy6MF2mDdrS8DqVfw2_ZwCxb_/s320/IMG_1046.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305437943744537746" /></a><br />New fallen snow today, Nellie came along again as company; overall I am pleased with my progress. The weather has been cold but the hours go fast as I really enjoy my time in the barn. Dad usually stops up and I enjoy his visits.<br /><br />I have been able to log around 25 hours since finishing the sawhorses. My hours have been limited with the kid's basketball games but I wouldn't trade these years for anything.<br /><br />I have (2) corner posts complete,(3) 95% done, and (3) more completely layed out. The cabin will have (8) posts including the porch. After completing the posts I hope to move to the sill plates. <br /><br /><strong>Looking forward to Spring!</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSh8-TG7N8pHxbOabkivV5X3pRdja6-nGc_fNMmN2Jaq16P1Rx7wLV5JCd3z69qG2JYOQJz6wxyAWJde9De8BDSYvYjTYOgISkoYBTTGxJPtwuG3O5u3K-HW5X_JqKImpMuv5pJtkTRun/s1600-h/IMG_1035.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSh8-TG7N8pHxbOabkivV5X3pRdja6-nGc_fNMmN2Jaq16P1Rx7wLV5JCd3z69qG2JYOQJz6wxyAWJde9De8BDSYvYjTYOgISkoYBTTGxJPtwuG3O5u3K-HW5X_JqKImpMuv5pJtkTRun/s320/IMG_1035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305439912286812674" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfar_OabOif4Fy6AFl2N-f3s8hhMdsIz_TtyRIxbyuS6E7N4bWuTMMXmojA4glAyY7AfniNQSXkGiGp75hAGcesJfK64og4mbsY0VQu1fxfHq6s10aaxpju_NAfzmNKpr50dYZZRLX18M/s1600-h/IMG_1042.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfar_OabOif4Fy6AFl2N-f3s8hhMdsIz_TtyRIxbyuS6E7N4bWuTMMXmojA4glAyY7AfniNQSXkGiGp75hAGcesJfK64og4mbsY0VQu1fxfHq6s10aaxpju_NAfzmNKpr50dYZZRLX18M/s320/IMG_1042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305445323459308994" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtSkfj9n72rGI-TRmOBmCJD_OXJgDpn_gpIeVg8VifdHMkUukG2A8WG0bADKEjfk5_eoX_F9dZWjzah8b2B77eTgemGV_QPR8kitQ_cx5QUXwyuVHlFUBhX9LAkWXl9y6iuFoUdLAcUQS/s1600-h/IMG_1049.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtSkfj9n72rGI-TRmOBmCJD_OXJgDpn_gpIeVg8VifdHMkUukG2A8WG0bADKEjfk5_eoX_F9dZWjzah8b2B77eTgemGV_QPR8kitQ_cx5QUXwyuVHlFUBhX9LAkWXl9y6iuFoUdLAcUQS/s320/IMG_1049.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305439362854344498" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-91807702328973861892008-11-09T20:36:00.016-06:002008-11-09T21:26:33.476-06:00The Barn<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266853135578063298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 348px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rGcavHAZOMaqDY9oAH9VTe8oEZcZRNkKvoa5-ZpmQNtyGcocIS6KSHPgzdcM83Uv-K2Az0YPuvTcALP_eBVB5qYtG6vv2RSOzdOd97XX6jBdR4GpIviyoMu18ZZrX1tckotLqz5WuD0f/s320/IMG_0136.JPG" border="0" /><br />I am lucky to have my dad's haw mow as my work space. The timbers can dry slowly and hopefully w/o too much cracking. I have a rechargable DeWalt worklght and use head lamps for lighting. With the timbers re-stacked the plan is to make (2) sawhorses first as to get practice with the new tools.<br /><br />The chisel and slick from Barr Tools are awesome tools and worth every penny. The hand saw from Garrett Wade took some getting use to @ first but I am still glad I am using all traditional hand tools. The following are a few of my first mortise and tenons.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslexACmMx6w7udSSqgf0mj9BaMjMbt6Ps4v-TRnN7lyJo-MYe-pkfh_c3xsKwmAVi6bcS9cL2YeFn2CSwReDFKi950zeJXrfWRk-7TvL34umdPu1vJmo0Bb4PThzNvCm22Mt8ScViAYOv/s1600-h/IMG_0132.JPG"></a><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIeyLxv6nFr0s2zYw3ZM7FAXPZoa69TC3J-QLbb2W3K5doA8QQOYqh9x7TR02uuMwf8s9HtEja4YGYxASYa91uP9xnoPPEZYwUxnEbOj_pW79BZFQA_HmjlQSMONCPE6czUYSLKUR7b119/s1600-h/IMG_0132.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266863482994959698" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIeyLxv6nFr0s2zYw3ZM7FAXPZoa69TC3J-QLbb2W3K5doA8QQOYqh9x7TR02uuMwf8s9HtEja4YGYxASYa91uP9xnoPPEZYwUxnEbOj_pW79BZFQA_HmjlQSMONCPE6czUYSLKUR7b119/s320/IMG_0132.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwkN1X5FokvBzH-IQaukwp3jBfozfFxofsAtlKDUX1VuHxMT8D7OpX5NkNse4XM7ArQN0o0UBj_LLAfK0We571oA0N-8N6BwmunYXKZIPg4aVAtunlmB9HuAHUbq-qASIMwpPYSfNcelW/s1600-h/IMG_0141.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266858061858560546" style="WIDTH: 203px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwkN1X5FokvBzH-IQaukwp3jBfozfFxofsAtlKDUX1VuHxMT8D7OpX5NkNse4XM7ArQN0o0UBj_LLAfK0We571oA0N-8N6BwmunYXKZIPg4aVAtunlmB9HuAHUbq-qASIMwpPYSfNcelW/s320/IMG_0141.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX7nwO_FpmkSgzMdKw4oEsaXd6AHIrmZwF8Qmo5EMPg02ZKlTrFIdKLagnsaWKqtrrgLF64fsH8cMj5u69EdkqwuJo0gaQxRp8oxOFE00eRKbGk0pGWlQsy-mZSX0eNT9BzE5pjMwykep/s1600-h/IMG_0148.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266859406864322514" style="WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX7nwO_FpmkSgzMdKw4oEsaXd6AHIrmZwF8Qmo5EMPg02ZKlTrFIdKLagnsaWKqtrrgLF64fsH8cMj5u69EdkqwuJo0gaQxRp8oxOFE00eRKbGk0pGWlQsy-mZSX0eNT9BzE5pjMwykep/s320/IMG_0148.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX7nwO_FpmkSgzMdKw4oEsaXd6AHIrmZwF8Qmo5EMPg02ZKlTrFIdKLagnsaWKqtrrgLF64fsH8cMj5u69EdkqwuJo0gaQxRp8oxOFE00eRKbGk0pGWlQsy-mZSX0eNT9BzE5pjMwykep/s1600-h/IMG_0148.JPG"></a></p><p align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX7nwO_FpmkSgzMdKw4oEsaXd6AHIrmZwF8Qmo5EMPg02ZKlTrFIdKLagnsaWKqtrrgLF64fsH8cMj5u69EdkqwuJo0gaQxRp8oxOFE00eRKbGk0pGWlQsy-mZSX0eNT9BzE5pjMwykep/s1600-h/IMG_0148.JPG"></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-41086706382880788562008-11-09T20:33:00.016-06:002008-11-13T17:55:16.681-06:00The Neighbors<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXreKzVneWjdo07txh58pQwa_ILBMOvGIUjSd962GAPPJStiRoQKusKXWiD8OC07XyLl545DP597On3se771ABYREQ3SUv1OX9IDbUfgT52p4xiyxBKQr4LlSo2hV258Z-eAcryT5FI01/s1600-h/IMG_4431.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268294437213007666" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXreKzVneWjdo07txh58pQwa_ILBMOvGIUjSd962GAPPJStiRoQKusKXWiD8OC07XyLl545DP597On3se771ABYREQ3SUv1OX9IDbUfgT52p4xiyxBKQr4LlSo2hV258Z-eAcryT5FI01/s320/IMG_4431.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hSBoiVUhN8SuobQ9opXdSv8uE3GaCu5VVzKrnjP0PfhZapLrjLA4JeDrHsoUM5GGiicnuHV6cEmr3vWYQJxVXTHnmr2TdLGN3mRSmUQ3psjSL6r0wVRiV_144vaWTXbBCx4E-wu8FMjq/s1600-h/IMG_5084.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267220721152976962" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hSBoiVUhN8SuobQ9opXdSv8uE3GaCu5VVzKrnjP0PfhZapLrjLA4JeDrHsoUM5GGiicnuHV6cEmr3vWYQJxVXTHnmr2TdLGN3mRSmUQ3psjSL6r0wVRiV_144vaWTXbBCx4E-wu8FMjq/s320/IMG_5084.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtUcNSA4SLiCyMO-hKoxpB9xATABGwFeH5gSFjSoghtWEIbPDiy9yNVWA1zQTdSX6GcoxrShUTtD1GuvaZxJiZvzEWo9uDVJa5_IsCuyeQ8UQjukPvikRY5jH4meTr05iOkKRshyphenhyphenxpjc6/s1600-h/IMG_5891.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267169786945268674" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtUcNSA4SLiCyMO-hKoxpB9xATABGwFeH5gSFjSoghtWEIbPDiy9yNVWA1zQTdSX6GcoxrShUTtD1GuvaZxJiZvzEWo9uDVJa5_IsCuyeQ8UQjukPvikRY5jH4meTr05iOkKRshyphenhyphenxpjc6/s320/IMG_5891.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBL9FXQChitBuFLiV5xh8TAAeQp7BkdeJzrFnihy0ZFquuu6HHXNzF0mtj1NOuX2p2gXH1X_pEADXpTq5QZu61hQMOscVgkWSrYE9pIxkzyXmKThMrMxOQKXwICW9YVWMrnuoPjFQnnPW3/s1600-h/IMG_5942.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267169798930099026" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBL9FXQChitBuFLiV5xh8TAAeQp7BkdeJzrFnihy0ZFquuu6HHXNzF0mtj1NOuX2p2gXH1X_pEADXpTq5QZu61hQMOscVgkWSrYE9pIxkzyXmKThMrMxOQKXwICW9YVWMrnuoPjFQnnPW3/s320/IMG_5942.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0LsuGNG8BicbBQ-Wi7bmHkbyrM1NsCoCM5qHQ59l60WU-Y90RXEsYviOAEpkQAXceBNV0gmdrlikzgHe4T8MQ1Px2ohBY6ZppdvDqDHtds-brBFzM4UkNwYEzL2k26PYZG__zwaj_mjN/s1600-h/IMG_55600.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267169801162099858" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0LsuGNG8BicbBQ-Wi7bmHkbyrM1NsCoCM5qHQ59l60WU-Y90RXEsYviOAEpkQAXceBNV0gmdrlikzgHe4T8MQ1Px2ohBY6ZppdvDqDHtds-brBFzM4UkNwYEzL2k26PYZG__zwaj_mjN/s320/IMG_55600.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3godsGLEmDvnvrb57G44KKHxnSOUdsod58m75NUGbr-Dl-T6dX90ZxKd6GXq9sgpNLeLusx48jsREgKG6anU1fsM9sK1Sv1E_0WcNoemApE_ds6p86BK6rpowEb2sdCO5-dqbIDiUzv5/s1600-h/MT+024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267172086947030242" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3godsGLEmDvnvrb57G44KKHxnSOUdsod58m75NUGbr-Dl-T6dX90ZxKd6GXq9sgpNLeLusx48jsREgKG6anU1fsM9sK1Sv1E_0WcNoemApE_ds6p86BK6rpowEb2sdCO5-dqbIDiUzv5/s320/MT+024.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Pictures courtesy of Dan aka "The Mexican Millionaire". </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafqwyI11KgvJZ612jueUalRn7YADXWorsfYsdYkw1c0GrhKpWGQNwfip4ElDiabP-Nc1b7jGEqjwfWqwV5FUmpDhqBPODyUspgk_LPltRFGbbnvg-huRI9331Ec_3Jq0AqTJ9a3lnjZU0/s1600-h/IMG_5891.JPG"></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-19283610125761053082008-11-08T13:45:00.017-06:002008-11-10T21:17:37.243-06:00Material ListI selected White Pine over White Oak mainly due to the weight difference. I actually had (1) quote with oak being cheaper than pine but between considering the trailer weight and the thought of lifting the (2) 6x6x20' purlins above our heads - pine won out.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfElczJwXsTr4ifI01-RSB6xNIMw4p6jlW66FD8CQeO35feOC4iW8cnTBpemfqnFwIRAnjv-YcYHlv_YHLcg6UOTtV7rikHDtVxgQ5ryPGABX-Hkx_nQcMQaGGNQ5qj0KK5VcE1cvXQs2/s1600-h/Frame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267225065101180466" style="WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfElczJwXsTr4ifI01-RSB6xNIMw4p6jlW66FD8CQeO35feOC4iW8cnTBpemfqnFwIRAnjv-YcYHlv_YHLcg6UOTtV7rikHDtVxgQ5ryPGABX-Hkx_nQcMQaGGNQ5qj0KK5VcE1cvXQs2/s320/Frame.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The cabin will be 14x16' w/ a 4' porch in the front, (3) bent, and a 12/12 pitch roof.<br /><br /><span style="color:#996633;"><span style="color:#000000;">Timber List</span></span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#996633;"><em>8 Posts 6 X 6 X 10<br />4 Beams 6 X 6 X 14<br />2 Plates 6 X 6 X 20<br />2 Sills 6 X 6 X 20<br />3 Sills 6 X 6 X 14<br />1 Summer beam 6 X 6 X 14 </em></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><em><span style="color:#996633;">18 Rafters 4 X 6 X 12<br />4 Door posts 4 X 6 X 8<br />4 Collar ties 4 X 6 X 10<br />6 Wall girts 4 X 6 X 8<br />12 Joists 4 X 6 X 8</span></em></span><em><span style="color:#996633;"><br /></span></em><span style="color:#996633;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em>8 Braces 3 X 6 X 8<br />4 Braces 3 X 6 X 10</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></span><br />Purchased Hand Tools<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#996633;"><em>Cross cut saw - Garret Wade</em><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#996633;"><em>1.5" Chisel, rawhide mallet, 3.25" slick - Barr Tools</em><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#996633;"><em>Beam Drill, 1 & 1.5" bit - Jim Bode, Tool Collector </em><br /><em>Steel Square and combination square - Home Depot</em><br /><br /></span></span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><em></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-68178788285914479062008-11-08T07:33:00.032-06:002008-11-10T21:02:19.802-06:00Selecting the PropertyIn June we purchased 20 acres from friends of ours who are already living in Montana. It is located half way between Glacier and Yellowstone, 15 miles East of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">continental</span> divide, and surrounded by State and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">BLM</span> land. I was struggling between (2) lots but decided on Lot 9. Lot 9 had the most building options and topography diversity. There are beautiful rock out croppings, views of the ridge, and the ability to see and <em><span style="color:#996633;">hear</span></em> the small stream winding through the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bottom of</span> the cut. An upper meadow has more expansive views and a very natural building site that would allow for minimal site disruption. The real problem was that I was making this decision w/o Sherry seeing the property.<br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266290548423807218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtIm3FJkdx-K5EZdOD_t2wb4Yi4tBAR1MezXOa8cwgfWA-ZdFNBTFYJG5M0ldCLfNKVjJlfQfEOgEV86C-YNO_s-_uE9Ogx3jdoj3cjmnlhKBngY3l0qbpLPpY0WMAkKVbp-GjfCET6bJ/s320/IMG_1543.JPG" border="0" />The mountain road is actually in very good condition and a relative short distance from the main road. </p><p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266291569368049522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 232px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Sd9GK7iJYO9C62nmGljetXfgyqGu1opiV2tEVnqIQpuJCGdaRzvuxDtuxwT1I7eaAn2rICXkNS5u9-83ua70Xc8j32XG13OapbWBKgSWQAb3Doc4H1CtB8ccu-omDgrNTDnxyBpUgxAT/s320/IMG_1552.JPG" border="0" /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6x9tUSr3rBjjD7-mXX40y7L_ZwW03iu-12B3hnM4AhM9yXK8mcwDZPyXadkBdivbr1hyewioIVJ8r7BXVPf6Msypnl7HpHQ1Ngxux4ARnjxzb4w7FHClrCXkuh-NLCZLjRM3dKxts5I-/s1600-h/IMG_1551.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266292775344908610" style="WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6x9tUSr3rBjjD7-mXX40y7L_ZwW03iu-12B3hnM4AhM9yXK8mcwDZPyXadkBdivbr1hyewioIVJ8r7BXVPf6Msypnl7HpHQ1Ngxux4ARnjxzb4w7FHClrCXkuh-NLCZLjRM3dKxts5I-/s320/IMG_1551.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"></p><p align="left">The Lower Ridge area has a small but beautiful area with these numerous rock outcroppings, a view of a rock cut to the front, and then leads down to the stream below. Notice the Aspens at the bottom of the valley - I would love to have more of them in time.<br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlz0NYhoQ_W9zYOuF4RawY55OMComfrA6zdMk41rhKWTGAHe2X2nWSwlqM-pdMa7W-R3gV1pU0bZb6N-V_X4XNMeeAIz1EcfvpiRnFHhT005K6nVQ280519PjqvWmsjIwldZuegC_Ve9A_/s1600-h/IMG_1573.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266294143975560114" style="WIDTH: 335px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlz0NYhoQ_W9zYOuF4RawY55OMComfrA6zdMk41rhKWTGAHe2X2nWSwlqM-pdMa7W-R3gV1pU0bZb6N-V_X4XNMeeAIz1EcfvpiRnFHhT005K6nVQ280519PjqvWmsjIwldZuegC_Ve9A_/s320/IMG_1573.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid17-qCbgBirg9M7cnN42rMLP_WkUpGfGzvciPF5AmPxwNWk2Cu3NtIn1gh1J5-7A06Wz2RDruHuUQ68UwQFHDsa-8MWenfzr0XM5bDiiVzfkjp9oqJuexP14BekQqFMEeqKfzHFvLV10z/s1600-h/IMG_1574.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266294145683348178" style="WIDTH: 328px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid17-qCbgBirg9M7cnN42rMLP_WkUpGfGzvciPF5AmPxwNWk2Cu3NtIn1gh1J5-7A06Wz2RDruHuUQ68UwQFHDsa-8MWenfzr0XM5bDiiVzfkjp9oqJuexP14BekQqFMEeqKfzHFvLV10z/s320/IMG_1574.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">The Upper Meadow offers a more expansive view and a nice open area that would be a natural building site offering good solar potential. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741034120019795426.post-43564441032143529192008-11-07T20:00:00.002-06:002008-11-29T17:09:24.450-06:00Intitial PostingI started a written journal over a month ago and recently started taking pictures of my cabin project. I have been inspired by (2) other cabin blogs and just tonight I thought this may actually be an easier way to journal my progress and share my activities with others. This will be my first blog and to be honest in the past I have felt they were lame but I would like to journal my progress.<br /><br /><div>I started this journey the usual way by looking for inspiration from the Internet and checking the local library. One book I know I have checked out before as this is not the first time I have desired to make a timber frame structure. I started by purchasing Jack Sobon's 1st book as it has a section on a simple 2 bay structure like I plan to build. I also bought plans from Grand Oaks Timber Framing in Paris, TN. The plans are detailed enough but I am modifying them slightly to include a front porch.<br /><br /><div>My plan is to dry fit the frame in the mow of my dad's dairy barn and then move it out to our property in MT this summer and raise it. I desire to use all traditional hand tools in the cutting of the mortise and tenons. I am hopeful that Clayton will have an interest in helping me on this project as I think it would be a fun experience for us to share. </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0