Termination Dust

I guess fall is over....

Some updated building pictures

Finishing up putting the bituthene (waterproof membrane) over the foam on the outside of the basement.

The basement is all done on the outside and with the girders and joists in place we are ready to back fill.

A picture of the girders and floor joists in place. Notice the stairwell left open on the far right corner.

Picture of the girders and floor joists from the basement with adjustable log lally posts supporting the centers of the girders.

Instead of paying someone to backfill our basement, fix our 1/2 mile long easement, and have to buy a snowplow for the truck we bought a small dozer instead. Its a 1963 John Deere 2010 Crawler with a manual 6 way blade and hydraulic winch on the back. It has a 4 cylinder gasoline engine so it will start in the winter to plow the road and I'm hoping to put a boom on the back to use the winch to hoist our ridge and perlin logs in place instead of paying someone to do that too.

Another picture of the dozer.

Here is a picture after backfilling with the new dozer. It does pretty well for a small dozer. We had enough left over backfill gravel that I pushed it out the driveway and now we have a nice gravel driveway instead of mud and roots. This picture is not quite current as I have gotten the OSB sub floor put on over the girders and joists.

Pictures of us

Wrangell eating eggs. For breakfast I'll eat 4 eggs, Charity will have 2, and Wrangell will have 1 or 2 ... it will get expensive if we have several more kids.

Charity and Wrangell at Eagle Trail

Wrangell doesn't look terribly happy.

Wrangell wearing dada's boots.

Wrangell really likes the bulldozer.

I have to make sure to take the key out when I am done so Wrangell doesn't go for a ride.

Wrangell waiting for a ride.

Wrangell loves Corn on the Cob... It is a special treat as it is usually a dollar per ear.

Wrangell chowing down

Wrangell pretending to ride the 4 wheeler after we got back from sheep hunting. Here is the sheep I got as well. We were hunting in a special subsistence area so we could shoot any sheep instead of just a full curl or larger. I was glad I didn't shoot a huge sheep after I had to pack it 7 miles back to where we were camped. It took us about 8 hours to get in 12 miles where we camped as well. It was an exhausting 4 day trip.

Wrangell wearing the hard hat Uncle Roger gave him.