Lots of progress

There's been a lot of exciting progress happening at our place. Jay brought the excavator back over and we finished the boulder retaining wall near the porch, complete with a rock stairway. It turned out surprisingly good! My friends Ben and Lincoln from Bozeman, MT, came up for the weekend with tools and mountain bikes. It seemed like we got 5 times as much done as I can alone which gave much more time for recreation. They hauled all the sheetrock into the house, and we got most of the main floor walls insulated and almost half the ceiling.

Sean and Bob will be back tomorrow. They'll first finish the porch (roofing and a couple more logs) and then hopefully begin on siding...if it ever shows up. I'll keep plugging away on the insulation and installing electrical outlets and switches.

Water!!

After the pump got placed in the well yesterday, I plumbed the pressure tank today and wired the pump control/pressure switch. Flicked the switch...and water! At least at the frost free spigot at the well. Sara's is guiding a week-long backpack trip in Yellowstone, so as soon as the plumber gets back, maybe we can take advantage of the water indoors. Sara took the camera on her trip so unfortunately no pictures.

In other news, about 120 sheets of drywall and insulation showed up today. Looks like lots of hauling for to get the sheetrock inside.

Electrical past inspection!

The inspector checked me off today on the electrical rough in which was a huge relief. Still need to get the main panel wired. Sara is close to finishing the plumbing, and insulation and drywall should be delivered this week.

Porch almost complete

The deck and porch are almost complete and looking awesome! My dad and I stained them this past weekend. All that's left is to add the roof metal and a few more log details. We are really excited with how this turned out, and it adds a ton to the house.