The Gold Street Cabin In Mammoth, Utah

Monday, June 11, 2018 Another “slow” day. Had visitors. Nevertheless, got the “landing” out of the root cellar, which make lots more room there, and I can use the landing for the porch landing, with extensive modifications. I do have enough scraps left over from flooring the porch to cover the landing, so it’ll look like it belongs there. Made the X braces and 2x6 top rail for two bays, before running out of 4x4 posts. Took a long time, as the brace members had to be compound cut on my table saw, which necessitated multiple trips to the saw with each member. The first one went comparatively fast, as the exact height didn’t matter. But all the rest had to match exactly, or the top rails would not match, or would not be level. Or both. Did finally get them all done, just as my neighbor Dan came over for a visit. He was impressed. Ended the day installing bolts in the beams. Started with the hardest beam first, and got it done. Three more to go for the porch. Barbara wants to know wh...

Monday, June 3, 2018 No internet since last night.  Bummer.  Spent a lot of time reading today.  In the evening we saw some of our deer friends just across the driveway where Barbara throws the vegetable waste. Monday, June 4, 2018 Learned our internet problem was caused by Don working on these working steps into the house and stripping the phone wire.  Thankfully our repairman was out to fix it before noon today. Built two walls today: One for each side of the stairwell. Erected both. Hard work, but the house is now almost ready for the ceiling joists! I’m gonna need to make a trip to the Home Depot in Tooele for some heavy items I didn’t want to drag up “the Slant” from Elberta to Eureka. Maybe tomorrow afternoon when it gets too hot to work. The car is air-conditioned! I need 3 sixteen-foot 2x10s, 2 eighty pound bags of concrete mix, and some random hardware. Even though it was made from a long bed pickup truck, my trailer is o...