Camp BearBuck 2011 -- July 31st

Live bloggin at Camp BearBuck 2011!!! We really need t-shirts next year...

Arrived at 6ish after the insane traffic, forgot to provide sleeping solutions to some of the campers ( sorry Emily!!). We call it roughing it for a reason.

Made some delicious grilled cheese sandwiches ( not like you might think) for a dinner snack and had a good time slowly decompressing with a movie rental.

Early risers on Saturday had coffee and danish , rain moved in around 7:30am and whole place went back to sleep.

Will work on pictures later. Time to check for eyelid leaks.

We have volcanic flush!!!!

July 18th and 19th work progressed really well. There was a really nice nap on the 18th and rain storms to sit and listen too in the cabin. Very relaxing....

We got the floor done on Sunday . Toilet is just sitting there for looks.

On Monday, our Jr. Plumber came in and set the toilet flange ( oh I know it's called a "water closet") .

I was asked to provide a little more weight to set the wax ring on the water closet. The unit was tested and no water leaks!! Good flush too...

On Monday we built the window frame and installed the new window, boxed up the old window space, and then began prepping the wall for siding. The tar paper will come off once we seal the frame around the window, did not want rain or bugs getting in. We will cut the bottom off the tuff-r and 1 by trim pieces for the bottom edge on the wall. I tacked up two pieces of the cement board to see how they look on the wall.

Finished wall. new window, and working toilet.

cutting the pipe July 17th

The floor joists are in and it is time to cut the pipe! As in the toilet flange.
Ben and I geared up and prepared to cut the old broken flange off. Took 2 metal blades to get the thing off but now we are ready for the floor.



Today's phrase was "siphonic flushing". That toilet was $258 dollars and we are not sure we need "siphonic flushing" so we settled for the mid line toilet with max flush rating.

July 4th!!!!

Wow was it hot....... not like last year and flannel shirt season all summer.



Junior carpenter installing insulation in foundation.


Completed foundation, insulation installed and spray foamed into place. Ben was disappointed we did not cut the flange but it can wait a bit...



Saturday we tarred the wall to help prevent water damage. The black area will be finished with a river rock looking finish. But that is for another day.

This weekend began as very excited as we could see real progress on finishing the bathroom wall/floor project. Saturday hit a ton of bricks and by mid day a tension headache set in and work ground to a halt. The tar really stunk up the place and might have helped push my buttons a bit.

Hank stayed in the kennel out back on two occasions and was a very good dog, actually was sleeping one time we walked to the backyard and woke him up.

We need more windows if it stays hot like this, very little air movement in the cabin and it heats up by afternoon.