The Drunken Bear

The back wall. Part of the east-side bedroom, the laundry room, the bathroom, and the west-side bedroom. The first window opening completed (in the living room). Sunset on a nearby mountain peak. Steve taking in the view and enjoying a much deserved rest. Both Steve and I had plans for last weekend...he went to Hood Canal, WA to visit friends and I headed south to Eugene to visit friends and attend the very fun Oregon Country Fair (click on link in upper righthand corner of this page) so no work was completed at The Drunken Bear. Steve and Yoey headed to the property on Saturday, July 18th to continue putting up the walls. When I got off work there was a message for me to pick up more caulking. By the time I picked up the caulking and got to the property Yoey was gone...but the evidence of his work was very evident. The front of the cabin was really taking shape. Now that we had more caulking, Steve and I proceeded working into the early evening. It is...

Cedar drip cap and LTP4 brackets. First layer of logs.   Robert watching Mike and Steve making measurements. The lovely make-up of our ground. The walls are going up . Looking up the river It has been some time since I last made an entry so this posting will be a little long. The cabin building progress had been a little slow. If you have been reading from the beginning, you will know we did not pass our first inspection and had to make some changes. At first we thought they were minor, but when you actually started doing the work, it required a lot of time. Changing of the washers from round washers to square washers was a relatively easy task. Some of the others were not quite so easy. Luckily Steve had some free time and was able to make it up to the property on several occasions to do a lot of the work. Holes had to be drilled in the cement bases of the supports in the center of the foundation. Bolts were then glued in these holes. An "L" sha...