As you can see, all the majority of snow has melted so I can drive building materials to the cabin.
I am making progress with my construction work. The side and internal walls are now completed.
And all the roof joists are on.
I have installed a pump again so that we can get water from the lake up to the cabin.
Many birds have arrived back from their wintering grounds, including this pair of Waxwings.
With still a lot of snow at the cabin I had to transport all building materials as close to the cabin as I could and then carry them in the rest of the way.
I had built the front and back walls at home, so they to no time at all to construct.
The good thing about having snow on the garden is that I have somewhere to keep the bear cold.
My meals are often meat and vegetables in the Dutch oven, as it is simple to do.
I have new neighbours that have moved in next door.
I recently spent 10 days at the cabin, and I am in fact back at the cabin now as I write this.
The first part of my journey was with the car, pulling the tailer with the atv on it. The road to the cabin was still to wet to drive with the car so I drove the atv with the trailer behind.
The the last part of the journey, I left the atv and used my pulk sled.
Fortunately it was still cold enough that I could walk on the snow to the cabin.
I wanted to get the toilet moved, ready for building the new outbuilding. I started by building a frame using timber from the wood store I had demolished.
As you can see in the above picture, the toilet was too close to a tree to be able to move it sideways, so I had to first move the toilet backwards. To do the I used a winch.
Here is the toilet before it was moved
And here it is after.
My first evening meal was sausage with roasted vegetables and potatoes.
Next morning I lifted up the toilet with a bottle jack, placed the wooden frame underneath and let the toilet down on the frame.
Then using two leavers, I gradually moved the toilet a centimetre at a time.
Until I had sufficient space between the toilet and outbuilding foundation to be able to work.
I have left the toilet on the frame so that it can be moved again if needed.
While I was at the cabin, I had the daily tasks of cooking
washing clothes.
And melting snow and filtering the water.
I spent time practicing fire making with the bowdrill.
I made a small leather pouch and a new spatula.
Kelly joined me for the last three days.
We baked some chocolate hobnobs which turned out very well.
Many migratory birds started arriving back, including the pair of Whooper swans.
Unfortunately there is still too much snow to be able to building materials to the cabin and begin construction of the outbuilding.
The track to the cabin has been ploughed recently, hasn’t yet dried up so that I can drive my car on it. So I left my car and walked the 4 kilometres to the cabin.
The walk took about 1 hour.
There is still a lot of snow at the cabin.
Too much snow to be able to do any building work. So instead I decided to demolish the wood store.
This took only a couple of hours to do.
I took with me sausages, bacon, eggs, butter and bread to eat.
On Saturday morning I had a fried breakfast. The baked beans were already in the cabin.
On Sunday I had potatoes, sausage and beans.
I also made bannock and grilled over an open fire Saturday afternoon.
I’m hoping I will be back at the cabin next weekend.
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