First Night in the cabin,
Moving Some Dirt
Cool Trapezoid Windows
& Building a Canoe Hut

Some Front Views of the Cabin
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Kind of like a
surveillance
photo, huh?
Damn paparazzi...
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Lookie here...
I have all of my
windows in!
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This is the side
looking out over
the lake....you'll
see that later.
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Alright, this is my
all time favorite
picture
that I've
taken so far.
 
Moving Dirt...Instead of Rocks...
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I rented the
backhoe to get
some rocks
from my neighbor
 
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Ken says
"I ain't moving
them friggin'
rocks."
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So we used the
backhoe to fill
in some holes
and stop some
erosion problems
 
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Big Ole Dirt Pile
We've still got
plenty of dirt
left if we need
any more
 
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Ken gets behind
the wheel...
Yes, you should
be frightened
 
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Brian's gonna
go up and over
that dirt pile!
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Ken takes
another scoop
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Ken crests the
hill...everybody
look out!
Hauling the Mattresses
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We had a little
"issue" with the
mattresses...
As in, they were
supposed to be
delivered...
 
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Well, when they
couldn't deliver,
I got them to rent
me a trailer to
take them myself.

 
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Not exactly fun,
but I was
determined to
sleep in the
cabin that
weekend
 
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I didn't bother
setting up the
log beds yet for
fear of them
getting ruined.
My First Night in the Cabin!
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And yes, here
we are....my first
night in the cabin!
 
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Dig the retro
Empire Strikes
Back
bedsheets!
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Ken sleeps in his
cot...we were too
tired to unpack the
big mattresses
 
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Ken says
"enough pictures
already...go to
bed dammit."
Chinking the Inside of the Building
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Yup, still chinking.
 
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But we've moved
onto the inside
of the building
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A corner in the
upstairs bedroom...
that would be
the fancy new
mattress there....
 
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The peak in the
upstairs bedroom
The chinking
looks great, it
just takes forever.
The Trapezoid Windows
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The windows
are in!
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No more
plastic windows!
 
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Looks much nicer
during the day.
 
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Here's a good shot
from the loft
looking out at
my lake
 
Building a Canoe Hut
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Carrying the lumber
down the hill
 
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Gary looks happy
to be outside
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Gary pretends
to be doing
something
 
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Me, of course,
I'm really working,
not just posing...
 
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Fancy, huh?
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Hey, it doesn't
need to be fancy
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It just needs
to keep the snow
off of my canoe!
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And, we used a
bunch of
leftover lumber
 
Oh, and here's a GREAT shot of my lake with the Fall colors just starting to show thru.