Every piece of lumber gets touched three times between the beach and the site. Once off-loading it from the rack, a second time loading it into Dan's dump truck, and a third time off-loading it at the site. Never mind the challenges of scheduling a barge and landing it on Lovango in the first place- even something as basic as getting materials 150' from the beach to the site is made incredibly tiresome and labor-intense by the remote island setting.
Which is why it's so exhilarating to have the foundation stripped and back-filled and all the lumber up at the site. Heidi just got final prints to Dan and the structure should start coming off the page in a hurry. The fun part.
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| Dan's dump truck with a load from the beach. |
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| Sill plates stacked and ready to be placed. |
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| The originally cut drive to the right and newly cut drive down to cottage on left. Great access. For the record- while the cottage is 150' from beach, the drive is about probably .2 miles down the beach and then switchback and another .2 miles up the hill. |
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| Back doorway out of upstairs bedroom to (future) outdoor shower. |
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| West wall and site of master bedroom outdoor shower. |
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| Trying to create some terracing between drive and east lawn area. |
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| East lawn area of kitchen/living room. |
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| Trac hoe packed up and leaving. For last time? |
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