Plans and Provision: Part 2

You're probably thinking that Part 2 will give the grand announcement that the sawmill is fixed and operations have resumed, but, no . . . we still have yet to find the solution.  No worry.  Determination is half the battle, and there's plenty of that to go around. : )

There's nothing like a good, soft rain while camping.  Of course, if you have a leaky tent, it's not such a welcome experience.  But those problems had been taken care of, and we could enjoy the pitter-patter of the rain hitting the canvas.  Ahhhh . . . so relaxing.  Now, granted, the ones working on the land didn't view it with such welcome, but it wasn't all that bad.

 Faithful . . .

The sawmill was out of commission, but we couldn't just spend the remaining time piddling.  There were plenty of other things needing to be done.

 Such as the poles for our pole barn needed leveling.  We had been planning to use milled lumber for this, but as that was not an option . . .  Mom and Christina visited a local lumber yard (where they mill it) and asked if they had any coil, explaining what we needed it for.  The man there was very nice and helpful.  They usually had a big pile where they threw it ~ they could have that.  But, alas! when they got down there, the pile had already been taken the day before.  Poor guy!  He felt so bad and really seemed to want to help.  That may be an option sometime down the road.

We ended up buying the lumber somewhere else.  We didn't need much, so it wasn't that bad.

Just a little more . . .

 Looks good!

 Ray thought he'd make the "barn-raising" a little more exciting. : )

 Gives a better perspective.

About halfway done . . .

 Daddy ~ such a hard-working man!

 The campfire . . . again. : )  Ray had made his seat all comfy.  Nothing like relaxing after a full day's work.

And the next day?

 Smile . . . You're on Candid Camera! : )

Such a wonderful sight!  The barn poles are all leveled!  And next trip in, we're hoping to get a load of dirt hauled in and get the ground leveled up and ready to pour concrete for the floor!  Woohoo! : )