Last Saturday was a good day. Not only was it a birthday for one of the kids in the family I’ve been staying with, but my dog and my truck arrived just in time for us to pick up my son from the airport. Then the next day they picked up an RV from storage and parked it on a cleared spot across the creek. So now Chris and I have our own space and the old generator until we get the cabin made. We say it’ll be a month but with the way things have gone so far I’m not holding my breath.

Another thing that came up from Oregon was a longer bar and a ripping chain for the saw. Lance has a bracket that’s made to slide along a 2×6 board with a chainsaw clamped to it. We’re using that to turn three logs into two beams to support the cabin and one to support the roof. 12″x12″x30′ beams are no joke. It’s going to get interesting when we have to move them into place on our pier blocks and footers.

While Lance was working with the saw, Chris and Zechy got the roof on the outhouse. That’s closer to completion, though for now we still have to head for the bushes. It shouldn’t be much longer before we can go up the stairs and close the door.

We have another day of sunshine and heat. The rain is paused so access is good. When we quit last night we had two beams cut with one longer beam to go. I’m ready. Maybe by tomorrow I can post that the beams are set in place.