Day 4
A proud day, I’ve erected my first two poles. I’m building pole construction vs. regular framing. All the foundations and structural supports for the cabin – floor to roof – rest on 9 to 12 vertical poles at eight-foot intervals, instead of say a concrete slab. Wood left in its natural round form is almost […]
Day 2
Sitting up in the branches of a tree on the building site, I can see mounds of land off in the distance across the water. They would be Alaska. So that would be northish, making my main sun to my back. Day Two, on-island. Yesterday, I’d arrived and just unpacked, slept, unpacked some more. I […]
Day T-1
The first day of spring and in a couple days I’ll begin building my cabin. I still need to make my final connection to get across Hecate Strait and am waiting for the 11pm sailing from Prince Rupert. After about a year of preparation, packing to leave Vancouver was an unholy mess. I’d had fantasies […]