Power, decks, brackets, and a burn pile

Katie and I spent all Saturday afternoon up at the cabin cleaning up and watching Norm & his Son, Spencer, mount big beautiful black brackets on 2 or the large weigh-carrying beams.

But first, we FINALLY have power in the cabin.

The first and last time this power meter will ever read 0's.

The power meter in perspective with the burn pile (and my drone case) off to the left.

Chelan County PUD put a new power termination box on the property line. And the orange tape marks a Frontier cable.

And a new transformer across the street with a snow flag on it.

Spencer Smith is our able-bodied bracket manufacturer and installer.  He had the steel cut with a plasma torch, then welded it up himself. I just think wood is never more beautiful than when it's contrasted with some big, black metal.

In Spencer's shop late Friday night welding it up. This is the bracket for the back (North) support beam.

Spencer finishing up the install on the breacket. He's still got one more to go on the corresponding beam on the front of the cabin.

And what would a day at the cabin be without a good burn pile with some roasted hot dogs.

The other project of the day for Norm & Spencer was getting the back deck and the front porch deck installed and flasched. They'll be covered with a water-proof, sand textured coating in the next couple days.

The front entry from the front door opening.

The front porch and the newly installed garage door.

The view from the front porch.

The back deck. It's small on purpose, so that it is covered from snow by the roof.

The back deck from the back yard / firepit area.

A quick basement framing update. Our laundry room will be a little larger than orginally planned, which is great. The area under the stairs will have a fun, odd-shaped door with an angled top.

A finally a quick update of each side of the cabin. Moving from the front, counterclockwise around.

And last but not least, the view from the main floor great room.