The crew wasted no time and was back to work bright and early Sunday morning. Things were already in full swing by the time we arrived that morning.
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- placing the log over the front door
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- straightening the walls
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- lookin’ good from the front!
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- continuing to build the great room walls
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- Mr. Lipham and Bingo making sure everything is running smoothly
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- Dave offers Bingo a little grain free dog food….Bingo says, “thank you but, no, I’ll stick with my Kibbles n’ Bits.”
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- Mr. Lipham reviewing the blue prints with Miguel
We’d previously made plans to meet up with Bernard’s friends, Michael and Nona while he was down visiting, not knowing that we would be building that weekend. Thankfully, they were kind enough to alter our Sunday brunch plan and instead drive down from Richmond to check out the cabin and visit for awhile at the lake so we wouldn’t miss out on watching the build. Michael has plans to build a log cabin at some point on his family property so he was thrilled to get the chance to see the work in progress.
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- me with Bernard, Nona and Michael
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- Bernard with Dave and I in front of the cabin
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- Bernard showing Michael and Nona around inside
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- Bernard hung out with us on the site all day…now that’s a true friend!
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- continuing with the front wall
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- looking at the front wall from the inside
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- Back over in the great-room they place the heavy timber on the wall of windows
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- building the fireplace wall
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- this will be the door that leads out to the deck on the lake side
We really couldn’t believe the amount of progress they had made in four days and decided to show our appreciation for their hard work by cooking lunch for the whole crew.
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- Dave checks to see if the grill is ready
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- seasoning the burgers
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- we put Bernard to work as well…it’s likely he won’t be back anytime soon 🙂
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- chow time!
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- Dave had bought a small jar of jalepeños…they were gone in seconds
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- even Bingo gets a little lunch treat
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- Miguel happily takes Dave up on his offer to use his fishing pole during the lunch break
After the crew ate their fill, it was back to work.
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- front
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- front of the house and left corner
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- master bedroom
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- the fire place on the left and the master bed room french door on the right
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- back of the cabin towards the lake
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- Mr. Lipham jumps in to lend a hand
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- marking the areas that need to be cut out for the rafters
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- placing the cuts
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- chiseling out the holes
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- master bedroom
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- the second floor rafters will rest in the cut out sections
By the time we left, they had almost completed the stacking the logs!
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- master bedroom
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- dining area and kitchen
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- great room and door to deck
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- fireplace and great room windows
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- back of the cabin towards the lake
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- the fire place on the left and the master bed room french door on the right
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- master bedroom
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- front of the house and left corner
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- front
the coleman cabin 
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