Main Cabin Build... Part 2

**We last left off having just finished the concrete slab work... Now, on to the building!**

Once the concrete had cured it was finally time to start building the cabin walls and since we were already way into October with winter threatening, we had no time to waste!

The first walls up were set especially to give our supervisors a safe space from which to perform their helpful duties...

Normally we would frame all the walls before starting on the plywood BUT our supervisors needed a spot from which
to work so we put a few sheets up for a safe corner-nook where they could be safely involved...

We took a few walk breaks in the chilly Fall air...
I'll follow these sweet lil' bums ANYwhere!!

It was really exciting when we finally started framing the walls!

Well... maybe not SO exciting for EVERYbody...

Apparently, working chilly evenings is not for everyone.

 

We were graced with one incredibly rare warm, sunny, late October day that we used to it's absolute fullest to finish as much of the framing as we could...

 

Day and Play were so happy to be able to work without jammas or jackets and it was even so warm in
the sunshine that they needed their pup-tent for shade naps!

Building is FUN... the mess of building..... not so fun.......

 

 

But then... the weather suddenly turned so cold with intermittent snow flurries and the roof going on was just tooooo loud for the boys... so the boys and I missed the roofing part of building. Enz had to work SO FAST to get the shell closed in before the real snow flew, it was easier with us out of the way anyhow.

 

Enz was so panicked about not getting closed in before the real snow flew that he asked our neighbour, an old family friend of mine who is a carpenter for help on the roof. So between Enz, his dad and Stephen... the trusses, plywood and shingles were on in just a matter of days.

 



 

The framing and roofing was finished but the windows would have to wait
until Spring so we Tyvek-ed and tarped to get through the snowy months.

 

 

 

And that's when true Winter decided to set in...

 

We had a few warmer days of snow for camp walks before it became snowsuit time but we all hoped the bitter
deep-freeze wouldn't keep us aways for too awfully long.



 

We still drove out to enjoy camp walks...



And explored the forest to find coooool calling cards of the coooooool beaver family!

 

We even tested out the skating rink on the bay!

And we visited inside the cabin for little bits, too... even in the chilliness!



We didn't spend too much time there, just enough to check that everything
was still well and secure as could be.



The boys were excellent checkers of window and door tarp closures...
no bugs or tiny forest dwellers could sneak through their checkpoints!

Sometimes it was warm enough that we could stay long enough to do little bits
of work on the inside in getting ready for wiring and stuff like that.

But the boys always said when enough was ENOUGH and were not shy
about showing their dad to our makeshift doorway!

 

Winter visits were fun, but we couldn't wait until the real cabin work
could finally begin again...

Having the outside shell finished was pretty heart-lifting, but always having to leave so soon when all we really wanted to do was curl up in the cabin before a toasty fireplace with steaming mugs of hot chocolate was a little hard to take. Patience sure may be a virtue but that doesn't mean it's an easy feat!


To be continued...