1st Weekend with Logs

Now that we have logs, we have to get moving! We were able to get a lot done because Kenyon's parents came to help - his dad helped with the building jobs and his mom took care of the kids.

This weekend we started working on cleaning up the logs. Luckily, most of the bark was already off since the logs were dead standing. There's also another layer called the cambium layer before you get to the wood, that we need to remove. This was taking a REALLY long time. Since we're racing the "snow" clock we decided to get what we can off, and we'll sand the rest of the cambium off later. Most of my weekend was spent with the pressure washer working on the logs.





You wouldn't believe how dirty I got. My pants, socks, and boots were soaking wet and I had bark chips on my face, in my hair, and covering my clothes!

One of the projects Kenyon and his dad started working on was the sill plate. This is a layer of pressure-treated wood that will go on top of the foundation and the logs will sit on.



In order to drill the holes into the sill plate for the rebar, we had to buy a generator (which we'll need for numerous other things). So, now we have power, water, shelter (by way of tent and shed) what else do we need?