Well, too much has been happening of late to even blog about. I can feel the funnel constricting and the centripetal force strengthening as we move into the last month before Matawaska (as we've named the first site, after the local Native American name for 'where two rivers meet') is rented.
Here's my best, photo-centered cursory recap:
Above is the kitchen bath unit ready to be whisked over to the site. Friday morning, the lift day, Stig and I took off at 6:20 to beat any morning traffic. It went smoothly, minus a few scrapes and bangs on a leaning birch on our road.
Here are the platforms we built for the tree houses to sit on: 6 by 6 pressure treated lumber down to ledge and attached with 3/4" pins drilled 12" into the posts and 8" into the ledge. Strong! Of course, there will also be significant bracing coming off of the tree themselves added later.
The view from atop the tree houses when we were rigging it up for liftoff. Herbie Freeman, the man of the hour, brought down his crane truck, a four by four beauty just strong enough for the task.
It was a six hours blitz, a continual game of inches, as this and that always seemed to be just in the way, or barely manageable. But Friday's evening cigar tasted sweet, as we kicked back and let the tension melt away at the warmth of accomplishment.
Here's the connecting porch with some fun carpentry, tree cut outs.
And the railings and screened in porch taking shape.
More to come.
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