Cabins for Youth Camp in the Boonies of Alaska

Because I was a cook, I wasn't on the work site much, but I got a few pictures, or sent them to myself from Jonathan's phone. 

Here is the first end wall going up on one of the three cabins that were set and framed up.

They were set on six concrete pads that the men either set or poured. 

Rose and Hunter mixed cement and poured one or two or more concrete pads themselves.

Rose, Carrie, Hannah Smith, and Jaquie Norris all seemed to prefer outdoor work to helping cook in the kitchen and were a huge help!

And here is a picture of the crew on the last afternoon we were there, with the first cabin partly roofed and partly sided with rustic 3/4 inch live-edge siding that Timmy milled on site. 

This is the mill that Gary Deeter showed Timmy how to operate. Timmy spent most of his seven work days milling log after log after log. 

 Young people who were not busy with other projects would carry the lumber to whichever cabin needed it. 

Here Jonathan is taking up one of the rafter boards. In the lower left corner, is nephew Samuel.

Josiah Randel measuring and sawing lumber for the cabin.

 

Carrie, Rose, and Danny helped a lot with siding the cabin.

Danny stood inside measuring where each piece needed to go. The plan is to blow in some kind of insulation later. 

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More work on the siding on the gable end.

Matt Thompson, Hunter Sayler and I think that is Samuel doing the siding up high. k

Jonathan starting the metal roofing, with Matt Thompson and Jeff Deeter handing him the roofing pieces.

Love this picture--against the Alaskan blue sky!

Doors and windows were set in before the siding could go up. Lots and lots of work!

It never became completely dark there. This is a sunset in Alaska on our way home from somewhere, about 11:30 at night.