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April 14-16, 2023: Work Weekend at Slaney's Cabin Part 2 |
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Needless to say there was quite a lop on the water out there today, the wind was so unrelenting it appeared at times the river was flowing backwards!
French's Husqvarna top handle chainsaw came in handy today for cutting up already fallen brush to fit safely in the burn barrel.
This old log cabin also came with the property, it slipped off its foundation years ago which is unfortunate as it's still in reasonably good shape overall.
My first project after domestic duties were complete was some outdoor electrical, installing a front door light, rear flood light and an outdoor receptacle.
I unzipped the siding and installed a combination electrical box/J-block securely attaching it and sealing properly with tuck tape to the ty-veck. My Milwaukee grinder made short work of making the hole without damaging the ty-veck.
My fancy siding tool zipped all the pieces back together like it was never taken apart!
Meanwhile French was busy working on the generator feed. This wet location box made for a proper weather tight location to splice the 10-gauge cabtire generator cord to the disconnect feed. This will make replacing the cord much easier should it ever become damaged or weathered.
With those projects complete, I headed into the attic to pull in some new feeds from the electrical panel to the main interior lights, outdoor floods and kitchen receptacles.
Stroh did a great job shoring up the front deck and affixing a temporary safety railing all the way around.
Saturday golden hour was quite spectacular!
Stroh finished up connections and switches for the interior lights (bottom) and exterior floods (top) right as it got dark, just in the nick of time!
Mark did a fantastic, beautiful job tying in the breaker panel. Clean, tidy and well organized.
We originally planned to head back to town Saturday evening, however we opted to stay one more night so we could check everything off our to do list that we aimed to get done this weekend.
So lunch became supper, a couple packs of homemade Wild Game - Jalapeño - Cheddar Cheese moose sausages, a couple packs of Sidekicks noodles, and a potato salad.
While I prepped supper on my Coleman Hyperflame stove, French grabbed some night time shots of our newly finished exterior lighting.
After supper we spent some time simply enjoying the burn barrel after a very long, hard day of work!
Sound-Up, this slow-mo sounds crazy!
Temporary lighting removed and permanent lighting running great!
No problem going to the woodshed at night now!
Burning the midnight oil once again, French and I finished sheeting up the utility room outside walls including cutting out around the window.
At 2am we finally called it a night and hit the bunk.
Sunday morning breakfast was leftovers, a hearty meal of eggs, toast, beans, tea and coffee before cleaning up and loading out to head home.
Lovely view from the outhouse!
We aimed to make just one return trip since all of the equipment was now installed and food eaten which was the bulk of our haul getting into camp. Items going out were all of our tools, generator and personal gear, which we made fit on the two machines with some creative packing.
Cabin all cleaned up. With the majority of the electrical work complete (just the bathroom remains, waiting on framing to be finished) Terry is in a great place to continue with insulation, vapour barrier and wall/ceiling finishes.
Warm weather over the weekend did a number on the trail as areas that were mostly iced over were now deep bog holes. Once again the machines worked for it, but handled the task with relative ease and no drama.
Project Foreman is a little messy underneath, but overall unscathed after this weekend of hard work.
All in all this was another fantastic adventure. We got a lot of work done which will really put Terry ahead now finishing out the camp. We had an awesome and fun ride in & out on the machines and enjoyed some near perfect Spring Newfoundland weather. We're already looking forward to the next trip in, and to see the final product once it's all complete. Stay tuned for updates!
Cheers, MIKE
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