"Logs!"

The logs finally arrived after spending a winter with black plastic covering the floor over the basement.	The log truck had to stop 1/8 of a mile up the road. We had to hire a boom truck to get them to us down our lane.
The boom truck stacked them as close as possible, and put a few of the pallets on the floor of the house.	A 12" lag screw was used every 32" in every log. We placed strips of insulation between each log, or log caulking.
Each butt joint got a dowel in the joint to help hold them and seal the area.	As we started laying the first few logs the rains came, and made things a little less pleasant.
The log company figured out how many corner pieces we would need and pre-notched them with saddle notches.	Most logs had strips of insulation laid between them. This was insulation made from recycled plastic jugs.
George came with the logs. He was big and strong and 65 years old. This was his last log home job.	Rather than laying rounds of logs around the perimeter of the house, we worked on one wall and corner instead.
We raised each wall and corner up to 8' before proceeding on to the next wall. George preferred this method. ??	From the right angle and down the hill a bit, the house looks like a really big house.
The only way into the house at this time was a ladder put up to the front window.	Once the walls were up, we started hand carrying the roof trusses, sticking them through the door opening and up.
We started framing the front deck as soon as the logs were up. This is where George shot his fingers with the nail gun.	George also cut off the tip of his finger with a skill saw. I think he retired one job too late. He did leave early.
The black plastic did help some, but still created a lake when the rains hit. The rains did hit quite often.	We created a covered walkway around the house connecting the front and back porch.
Michael does not like heights, but some things just had to be done.	George and Lee put plywood on the roof while I finished the framing for the walkway.
We cut notches into the top logs for the roof trusses to sit in, and nailed them into place. Nice view though.	Cranes are much easier to install roof trusses. The boom truck could not help in our situation. We did them by hand.
Every stage was quite exciting and fun in its own way. Some logs were greener than others. Their weight was not fun, nor the hernia.	One of the many lakes we had on the first floor. This is nothing to all the water I swept and vacuumed  in the basement
Things were becoming almost dry. Only three weeks from when the logs arrived till we had the roof on and decks built.