A day of rest

Jerry Finley (center) came to help me build for a week. On Saturday, my cousin Jim Hendrickson (left) and Jerry Phillip (right) took us on a fishing trip into the mountains where we caught cutthroat and rainbow trout. It was quite a trip to get to the lakes on dirt bike and four wheelers.

9th round completed September 1, 2009

I completed the 9th round of logs today. The walls are all over 78 inches tall now.  The next round of logs will be full logs. 

Yesterday, I went into the mountains with Myles Carpenter and we cut and hauled logs for the deck supports. I will determine the length for each of the 16 support logs tomorrow with a laser level, and plan out the proper logs for each location. I will peel all the logs this week; paint the bottom ends with hot tar so water cannot wick up into the logs and begin installing the deck support logs next Tuesday.