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July/August 2009: Hauling lumber and constructing minor buildings
Throughout
the summer we bring in building materials for the upper floor, the roof
and the interior fitting. This means a dozen 1- to 3-day trips to
Watson Lake and Whitehorse. Our vehicles are jam-packed, the lumber is
hauled on the boat trailer and on the roof rack. Then, everything has
to
be loaded into the boat, brought down the lake and finally carried
manually up to the construction site (100 m distance, 30 m vertical).
We test our
newly acquired carpentry skills by
constructing a wood shed. Foundations, floor, frame and roof are soon
up.
Of course we
need to build a traditional
outhouse. Encountering fine sand facilitates excavation of the pit, but
the gable construction is somewhat more challenging. The roof is
covered by beautiful tar shingles.
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