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# Posted: 16 Sep 2013 17:47
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My family and friends have been great seems the more I get done the more people want to participate in the adventure and I think thats great.It has been alot of work, but for me this is my American dream coming true!

PatrickH
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2013 19:11
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Well it was another 5 day marathon and we got it almost completly closed in the main roof is complete which is a huge relief most windows and doors are in although some are coming back out in the spring got a burn pile ready for winter and lots of clean-up done gonna be bring up the bed next time up feeling pretty good with the progress.

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2013 19:14
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More pictures

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2013 19:18
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Some more

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2013 19:20
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last one

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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 23 Sep 2013 07:29
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Your cabin has got a lot of neat features. do you have the stairs done? Any pictures?

Owen

trollbridge
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# Posted: 23 Sep 2013 11:52
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A ton of work but very satisfying, isn't it?

It looks great! I like the bumpouts. Do you have a sketch of your floor plan? I would love to see what you have planned for the space.

kinda nice...I can look at your photos and see what the leaves are doing right now

Dillio187
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# Posted: 23 Sep 2013 14:05
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Quoting: trollbridge

kinda nice...I can look at your photos and see what the leaves are doing right now

tells me I need to get my butt up to the cabin within 2 weeks to enjoy any fall colors!

PatrickH
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# Posted: 23 Sep 2013 18:08
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owen-no stairs yet but I'll get pictures up when I do the stairs

trollbridge-It was a ton of work but a big relief to get the roof done I was getting a bit stressed about it,and yes the leaves are turning and falling there was frost in the low part of the property on sunday morning maples where really red no floor plan for me I only drew enough of a plan to get the permit I'm thinking 2 bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs and bath/kitchen/laundry on main level and I plan to add another 18x28 single level to the corner of this place for a living/fireplace room but that is just talk right now i just go with the flow knowing me even if I had plans I would'nt follow them

Dillio-I was also thinking around the 2 week area it should be real nice thats when I plan on going back up

PatrickH
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# Posted: 20 Oct 2013 19:29
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Went up this weekend cabin was fine weather was bad rained and snowed all weekend my water barrel had a layer of ice on sunday morning but I got one of the window boxes done ready for the window next weekend when I have some help.got a start on the deck 10x8ish this will be coming off when I do the second stage so Im not putting big money into it but the front door is over 3 ft off the ground so I needed something I also want to try and keep some of the dirt out.Put up the wall to enclose the staircase and got one baseboard heater in and started a little insulation and got some of the rafter blocking done.Oh and I slept in it for the first time so that was pretty cool got a lock on the door also. Found tons of dead ladybug lookin beatles and a huge swarm of black flies behind a piece of tar paper I took off over 100 for sure it felt awesome smashing them after being tormented all summer!

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 20 Oct 2013 19:46
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more pics

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 20 Oct 2013 19:48
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last one

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trollbridge
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# Posted: 22 Oct 2013 19:54 - Edited by: trollbridge
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You must have froze your butt off! It was cold and damp all weekend! Congrats though...first night is cool! Now take me up on the offer to stay at our place, would ya

You don't recognize those Asian Beetles from home? We have them at home. They fly up from the south and arrive the end of Sept. I had never seen them as far north as our cabin until this year. They were all over the rocks in the sun on the BIG LAKES beaches a couple weekends ago. They stink if you squish them

Your place is really coming along. The bumped out upper window is a nice touch

PatrickH
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# Posted: 27 Oct 2013 20:47
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Just got back pretty nice weather lots of wind on saturday but finished one of the upstairs windows got another baseboard heater installed almost finished the deck( couple boards short) but way easier to get in now got a ton more insulation in got the door to the dungeon in and moved the bathroom wall out adding about a foot to the size also brought up a toaster oven and microwave Im still eating sandwitches but now I can toast them which to me is pretty awesome. And I got the king size sleep number bed up and running. Going from sleeping in the back of a suburban to a king size bed and waking up to an awesome view it just doesnt get any better!

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 27 Oct 2013 20:51
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couple more

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Gregjman
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# Posted: 27 Oct 2013 21:05
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Looking really good. Do you plan on working through winter?

PatrickH
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# Posted: 28 Oct 2013 08:50
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I'm going to try and get some things done but we'll see what happens I do plan on burning some brush.

PatrickH
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# Posted: 3 Nov 2013 16:39
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Finished the other second story window now pretty much closed up I cant believe I got this far got the main floor insulated with a 1" layer of rigid foam and did a little work on the stairs started running some more electrical having my family up this weekend so getting a couple outdoor outlets for my brothers campers my wife is coming up for the first time and my oldest and middle son are also coming Im excited to have them come and see it in person i have put so much energy into this place got some cool sunrise pictures and an awesome cotton candy sky over the lake the pictures didnt do it justice

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 3 Nov 2013 16:42
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A couple more I forgot I finished that band of cedar also mainly so I can mount the outdoor outlet and not have to remove it later

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 11 Nov 2013 17:54
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Brought my wife and our two older boys to the cabin for the first time and most of my immediate family( Everyone appreciated my hard work) did'nt do much work hooked up a couple outlets and an rv outlet for my brother moved in a fridge and stove but just enjoyed the place and went exploring found the amnicon falls state park this is the same river that creates our lake but the park is closer to lake Superior where the river ends If you have ever seen Blair witch this place was like that, it is a very cool place I would of liked to stay longer but the kids where tired

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 11 Nov 2013 18:01
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A few more,plan on going back in a couple weeks need to return some pallets and start hoarding some block for springs project also doing some more work on the stairs the youngest is turning one this week!

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trollbridge
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# Posted: 11 Nov 2013 18:22
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Sounds like a great weekend!!! Everybody has happy smiles

I can imagine how excited your wife must have been to see the cabin in "the flesh"! I'm glad that everybody had an appreciation for all your hard work. You have a lot to be proud of!

Amnicon State Park is a fun place to explore. Lot's of nice trails for hiking.

PatrickH
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2013 08:35
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I have stayed at the sleepy hallow tons of times and ate at charlies riverside and had no idea I was so close to the park I cant wait to do some fishing there I think everyone had a good time the wife and boys cant wait to come back!

PatrickH
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# Posted: 25 Nov 2013 17:22
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Went up to finally get the block pallets returned (15$ deposit x 16 pallets) and picked up some more block. Turns out the block laying fun is not over.Stopped at Menards since I was "In Town" and they had a block display outside so I loooked 3.77 for a 12" corner block holy cow I just paid 1.93 where i get them from. After all that loading unloading loading unloading I took the rest of the scaffold planks down before the snow comes and tried putting up some more felt on the walls, I got some up but it was sooooo windy it was tearing and just a big mess.So I started working on stairs going up got pretty far. I insulated the exterior wall and covered that with the bcx plywood then ran 2x12 in front of that which I will add shelves to and that will be places for my kids to put all their treasures they collect over the years.This is taking longer than I expected (Of course) but I do love winder stairs. I just need to tweek the stringers slightly and cover them with plywood .This will then all get covered with some type of finish grade wood later but I'm not sure what I want to use.And it turns out cooking brats in a toaster oven was not the best idea I've had!

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 9 Dec 2013 07:05
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Drove to the middle of no where and picked up a new to me pellet/corn/bio-mass stove rated at 50,000 btu did a test run to check everything ,these things are so cool if you have electricity I dont know why you wouldnt use one.I want to get one for the city house now too!

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ErinsMom
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# Posted: 9 Dec 2013 21:05
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have just found your posting and must say: I'm so impressed. You have done amazing work.

PatrickH
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# Posted: 22 Dec 2013 17:38
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Brought the two older boys 6&4 up and holy cow there was some snow 2 feet all day my junky old bobcat got stuck so I had to shovel tons of snow but got in and got that 350# stove in the cabin and set up and started the 2 day brush burn tried cooking hot dogs on the brush pile and about burned my face off from the radiant heat the next night I must have hit my head and just scooped some of the embers out of the fire and cooked on those a friend of mine brough up his 6 year old and a tv and we cooked smores and the kids watched turbo and ate popcorn everyone had a great time it was snowing again when we left glad I built the roof strong shes holding well.

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2014 20:12
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Went up this weekend to start soffits and meet with the well driller then it rained and poured so I finished the stairs and did the blocking for the trusses ran out nails for the straps but the blocks are in also brought up lots of materials for the addition and the well driller told me he needed more room so I had to pull 4 more stumps and 2 small trees so that turned a good part of the driveway into a huge mudpit with all the rain and got the bobcat and trailer wicked stuck I ended up having to drag the trailer and the bobcat to firmer ground with the truck the mosquitos where relentless on top of it all it was a tough weekend I took a picture of the neighbors yard totally under water and starting to flood the road did I mention it was raining alot!

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2014 20:20
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Heres some more pics of the all the water as far as I could tell his whole yard was like this he is off the lake

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PatrickH
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# Posted: 23 Jun 2014 17:43
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So the well driller said there still was not enough room so I just removed all the trees where he will drill so he can get his part done and I dig the hole for the footings already.I also started the soffit/fascia and got all the holes upstairs plugged so its pretty tight now and not so many flying things inside.I almost finished the shingles on one of the small roofs just need some flashing.The other small roof gets tied into the addition so thats on hold but I did add some ice paper for protection.Saturday night I came back from town and was going to go down to the lake and I see a deer slowly strolling down the boardwalk I guess they dont like the soft ground either. I forgot the camera in the truck or i would of got a picture it was cool though.

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