Sleeping Cabin

The job of putting in the support structures for the new sleeping cabin at Crow Lake began on Monday, June 9 with the excavation.
We had hoped that the excavation would hit "bed rock" quickly but that didn't happen. There were lots of rocks, as expected, but none big enough or solid enough to be considered adequate support. Using an auger was out of the question so we ended up using the back hoe to create two large trenches (see photo 3) - not what Rick had hoped for. As a consequence there was a lot more dirt and rock to deal with.
The excavations were completed before noon.
Rick's brother and Mike came that evening and Tuesday morning the heavy work started.
The excavation had removed all of the carefully placed corner markers so the next job was to relocate the corners accurately so that the sonotubes could be installed in the right places.
Once the corners were established the north side sonotubes were put in place and "backfilled" with rocks and dirt to stabilize them. Then the south side. This was a tough day for the guys as there was a lot of soil and rock to move to stabilize the sonotubes and fill in the trenches.
The last photo shows both rows of sonotubes in place. (The north side tubes are covered with plastic garbage bags to keep them dry.)
We left that afternoon to return home so the photos here are from Tuesday.
The following day Rick, Ron and Mike filled the sonotubes with concrete, filled in the trenches and then returned home that day. The concrete will have 4 or 5 days to cure before Rick and colleagues return to begin building on Monday June 16.

More as things progress.