A cabin begins?

Getting out to work on the property has been, well, a struggle. But I got out enough to start on what we will call a foundation for now. With no ferry, (a whole nother post right there) getting the materials across the bay to do this right has been nigh on impossible. So, I am exploring alternative building methods.

One thought was to go ahead and try building with just logs. Ever try to move a tree with a fourwheeler? Decided not to go that way.

A few days of head scratching, and looking at houses to buy (right), a chance conversation resulted in a Plan. I had been called to look at a broken dump truck by a neighbor (kinda), but he had fixed it by the time I got a hold of him. We got to talking and he offered to cut me lumber for the cabin on his sawmill. Lumber Baby! No stacking up trees I can't even move! Yeah!

So, we are going to put up a very simple 16x24 cabin with 12/12 pitch roof and a loft. It will be built on logs laid on the pad. I know I will be revisiting the foundation in 5-10 years as a result, but need it up NOW.

Also started working on the out-house, kinda important if we are going to out there working, ya know?

Here is the site as of today: