Leaving tomorrow morning for York Gulch to camp out for the week or until at least most of my winter forest shelter is finished. I'm bringing my 7' tall tarp tipi to set up for temporary shelter.
I will be able now to put in a full day's work many days in a row which I need to do before the ground freezes. Looking forward to getting this project done so I can spend 2-3 days/nights each week for the winter camping out in the piney woods.
Mike Ellington may be able to come up Sunday to help. He's very handy building tables, fences, chairs etc. Mike's an avid camper as well.
The roof is going to be the most difficult portion to build. I'm making the roof out of wood poles from spruce then weaving spruce and pine boughs in a lattice type manner. I'm going to secure tarps underneath like underlayment to shed melted snow.
Pastor Bill Robertson offered to drive me up in his 4 wheel drive Pathfinder because of all the tipi equipment, gear, food and water. He should be arriving at around 8 am tomorrow to pick me up. Pastor Bill and his wife Mary Beth always find ways to help.
Christopher Watson, Glenda and Randy's son has offered to come up tomorrow and help me lift the dead trees/limbs to fashion the walls. He will be a huge help for sure. Glenda and Randy own the Frothy Cup Coffee Shop in downtown Idaho Springs where I keep my office.
It's 11pm and still sorting out my tarpaulins and amassing all of my paracords and stakes for my tipi tent. I need a lot of tarps to cover the ground area and the sides of my tipi. It's fairly large about 8' x 8' x 7'.
Will need to run down tomorrow morning to the Kum n Go to get some new batteries for my flashlights and a few gallons of water. Other than that I'll be finished and will set about securing my tipi and collecting firewood before starting work on the cabin.
Well, goodnight and blessings to you all! It's about bedtime now for me.
BR Schoenbein
November 28, 2015- Monday
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