It's been a while since my last post. I am almost half way through the semester and needed to reward myself for doing psets. So I get to write a blog post every time I finish. This is the photo journal of our Columbus day weekend trip.
Friday evening Libby was not feeling well and I was tired so we decided to hold off on traveling up north till Saturday morning. i went to pick up Libby and she rallied to head up north. We put on some
Nerdist Podcasts and headed north. As we pulled into camp, it started to rain. We unloaded the tools and brought everything up to the cabin. The tarp blew off and we had some minor flooding in the corner of the cabin. We first put the tarp back up and started to organize tools. Joe, and Roserin put in the two windows while I put in the door. Libby and I now had a place to set up our tent and be protected from the elements for the night. It was still damp in the cabin and cold. I got a load of wood so we could have a fire for the night. Libby finally got to tell the story of getting sick from last fall to all of the campers around the camp fire. We headed to bed not to late and tried to keep warm.
Sunday morning we got up and headed down to the Milan Luncheonette The best cup of coffee in Milan‽ Libby and I swung down to Berlin to pick up some screws and headed back up to camp. I cut up some logs and loaded stacked some wood with the other campers to get us some wood for the winter. As the sun started to set, I finally got into the mood to work on the cabin. I headed up and got some help from the girls. Libby and Mary hauled plywood on the roof since they are awesome. As we were putting it up, I secured the panel with a rope so it would not fall on Libby and Mary. I used a tree as a brake to keep the rope from flying out of my grip. As I put tension on it, I ripped the tree out of the ground. I flashed fear as I was worried it would drop the panel on the ladies. We eventually got it up and Joe went up on the ladder to screw things in. He was the star in this system. He worked hard as we lost the sun to put up the First and last panel of the roof for the weekend. We then finished up and pulled the tarp back over the roof. I set our tent back up inside and got everything ready for bed. We made dinner and enjoyed the campers until about 8:30 when Libby said she might want to go home tonight. For those that don't know her, you need to physically drag her away from the woods and a campfire when great people are around. So I knew "might want to go home" was code for we are leaving early, but I need you to make the decision for me. So we packed everything up and I asked Joe and Jim to tie down the tarp in the morning. We drove home and just in time as we got to the bottom of the hill, freezing rain started coming down. I knew we had made the right decision to head home and we got home at around 1 AM.
We had a great if brief trip. We need to head up in the next few weeks to finish getting the roof buttoned up for the winter. If anyone wants to come up for a high density trip, we could use a hand.
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| Moylan's enjoy gluten free cake cooked in a home made oven. |
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| Fire is awesome. |
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| Pulling up panels to the roof. |
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| H kid checks out the door. She approves. |
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| Joe gets conned into helping put up some roof panels |
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| Suspenders. I can't tell you how much I like these suspenders. |
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| Libby sporting her Team Masek Shirt. |
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| Joe and I watch as Libby and Mary do all the hard work. |
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| We have a door! |
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| Joe screws down some roof. iI looks so cool as it starts to take the shape of the rafters.. |
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| Building Construction Inspection Department. The proper bribes were paid. |
A note on suspenders. Masek men have tragically been plagued with what the Medical Profession call "Lackitus Buttickus" Also known as no butt. For years I have battled gravity and my pants. I decided I am not going to take it anymore. I bought Craftsman Padded Suspenders and It has not only improved my work, but also made me easier to work with. Prior to this, I had four things that would aggravate me while working on projects.
1. Too hot out and I am pouring perspiration (it was 50 degrees out so this was temporarily fixed for me.
2. I made a mistake via poor planning or lack of materials.
3. Someone has misplaced or broken one of my tools.
4. My pants are falling down which limits my leg mobility and frustrates me. It also makes me uneasy when I am on a ladder because my leg mobility is limited. Suspenders = pants at a reasonable Height
Now, I am down two two with one additional seasonal aggravation
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| More Fire |
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