The walls go up

We just got back today from an incredibly productive long weekend out at the camp. In spite of the forecasted bad weather (and then the actual bad weather), several good friends generously agreed to spend their holiday weekend battling the elements to help make sure that the next phase of cabin construction was a success.

At this point we are putting up walls on our recently installed floor. We're using 2x6 framing to accomodate extra thick insulation, with walls that will be ten feet tall to make sure that everyone has plenty of head room. I could go on and on about this, but I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

When we got there on Friday, the lumber yard had left us a tidy stack of wood.

And by Saturday morning the walls started to go up....

Late on Sunday we pushed the last wall into place:

This is our first family photo in our new cabin! All are hot and tired, but excited to be standing there.

Speaking of hot and tired.... my apologies to the friends that pitched in, without whom this would not have been possible (well, not on the same schedule at least), of whom I have lots of pictures and about whom I have lots of funny comments to make, but I have to stop for now and sleep.