July 8-10, 2010 Visit – Put up cabin first floor walls
On Thursday, I drove down with the windows and door. Chris joined me later to pick up the building materials for the walls.
In spite of much rain on Friday, we were able to put up the rest of the first floor walls. We put up a tarp over the saws and generator and where we assembled the walls. When darkness arrived, we set up lights powered by the generator and worked until 10:00 pm.
On Saturday, I added another window opening above the kitchen counter area and moved all the tools back to the bunkhouse.
One unfortunate event, the water tank fed by the spring was empty. Some years, this time of year, the spring dries up. But usually, the 320 gallon tank is sufficient to last until the spring flows again in September. I don’t know if the 600 foot pipeline is damaged, or the faucet wasn’t closed properly, or someone drained the tank.
Since the spring is dry now, there is little point in trying to determine the problem. I have shut the main valve at the tank for now.
