The posts will be fewer with winter coming on, and progress is incremental as a rule. One HUGE development, however, is that Todd came up and got the solar hot water system running. This is important because it keeps the cellar warm where there are pipes that could freeze and batteries that need to be …
Tom came over for a few days and we made great progress on the ceiling. Among other things, Tom can still work like crazy and he wore me out. Niko came up and had a frustrating time, but we do have electricity from the solar system and there was progress with the solar hot water, …
There has been some progress since my last post, but it’s just short of success in a couple of key areas as discussed below. Niko (left image) has been working on the solar electrical system and the solar hot water system. The electrical system has charged up the batteries to full capacity, a significant success. …
Bits and Pieces Work is in a fairly relaxed mode, and thus progress is modest. Rather than continue with short posts, I will likely make infrequent posts unless something significant arises. One thing not documented in this post is that Niko made had his first visit to Skookum and we made some progress with the …
Buttoning up With it possible for snow to fly any time, recent work has been devoted to buttoning up. But unlike previous years, rather than figuring on leaving Skookum alone over the winter months, I have been preparing for visits with work and play for the winter. Not a lot was done in the past …
The Roof! This was another pretty good week, even if it doesn’t look like much. The cabin has had a “temporary” ridge cap made from 2 by 6’s and flashing tape since last fall. This week, with help from Tim, we finally put up the remaining fascia and rake flashing plus the ridge cap, something …
A Good Week! Much got done this week — all the solar panels are on the roof; most of the wainscoting is up; and the ugly, terrible, rotten job of sanding the logs is done! Photos of the work are shown below as usual. Meg and Wylie came up to help one day that was …
After a nice break with a kayak and backpacking trip, progress continues at Skookum. The usual summary follows. Mark, Nash, Logan, and Randi spent a day at Skookum and made some positive additions. A new broom, a new ax, and best of all, a new table with a chess board and cribbage board built in. …
I will be taking a break from work on Skookum to spend some time kayaking and backpacking. Below is an update of the progress and getting the place buttoned up for my break. Meg helped me put up another 10 ft of wainscoting and I do like the way it looks! The left photo shows …
Another week and more progress. Some time ago I made loose arrangements to put up the solar systems and install the wood stove in July… and now it looks like neither of those will happen. I can still get the cabin ready for winter, but it’s going to take work later on, probably September or …
This is another summary of several days of effort. There’s nothing dramatic here, just slow and steady progress. The above photos show the South, East, and North windows (from left to right) before (top) and after (bottom) sawing them open to their actual size. With the logs cut out it really changes the character. The …
This post includes a mish-mash of progress from several trips to Skookum. Progress has been good, with the completion of the underlayer of the floor the biggest milestone. Tim and I had a great day when we nearly finished the underfloor. Tim is working on the frame (left photo) and we had all but two …
This post is from several trips to Skookum, all with the goal of getting the cabin winterized. Tim Fry has been helping with the wood floor, and Wylie did a great job helping pour concrete (but we didn’t get any pictures because he ran the batteries out on my phone), and I even spent a …
As the weather has improved progress has begun on the cabin again. Work will be a bit haphazard and not nearly as intense as last year. As a result the posts will likely be fairly random. This post covers three trips up to Skookum. Wylie and I took down the frames for the wall-tent floors …
The season is starting MUCH earlier than last year. I drove all the way in with no problems, except a large tree has fallen across the road early on. Someone had cut enough of it out that I could sneak by. Wylie and I got a fair amount done and still got back in time …
Winter is waning, so I thought I would share some pictures of Skookum as spring begins. I have hiked in 3 times this winter on snowshoes, each trip taking about an hour. The photo above shows the cabin on Feb 17, 2024. The left photo shows my snowshoe track on a beautiful day in February, …