The Hiawassee Project
It seems the mountains call to some of us in a special way. For one year in college, I lived in a log cabin on...
Foundation
Originally, I was considering several foundation designs. But, in the end, a post-and-pier foundation proved to be the only feasible approach. For instance, I considered...
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Thanksgiving in Hiawassee
This post is a little late, coming two days after Christmas, but I’ve been busy with other things and not had much time to write....
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First flight
We have a word, in hiking and mountaineering, for that condition when the world is laid out before one, when what is most present is...
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More logging
My partner last weekend was BJ Hudson. This time we only had two days (Saturday and Sunday), including travel. We got a slightly slow start,...
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Skidding in the fall
Last weekend, friend Sean Brittain and I went to the campsite with the goal of skidding as many logs as we could manage to a...
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Camp improvements
With the increasing number of visits, my camp more and more looks lived-in. Partly this is due to improvements made during the odd hours of...
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Moving logs
Now that the trees are down, I am faced with the formidable task of moving them to the building site. I tried to take trees...
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Timber harvest
This post is about harvesting the trees I need for my cabin. From my cut list, I estimate that I will need to harvest more...
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Field repairing the Lumbersmith sawmill
A few issues with the Lumbersmith sawmill cropped up during my last trip. This post is about how I’m currently dealing with them. Blade cutting...
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