The Shed!!!

The shed is coming along and tomorrow it gets a roof, we are running out of time and next week we head to Yellowstone and Idaho Falls. The roof is set so next year we can put up to 6 solar panels if we want and the slant is optimal for the summer sun. We have a ways to go but we may make it.


And Other Stuff!!!

To transfer water I have been using a little pump you hook to a drill but I have now burnt up 3 of them and decided to buy and real rv water pump. Next year we will have a much larger water storage container on a trailer so this will aid us in that. Also Lisa got a mini washing machine that is hand powered, it works very well although it cant hold much.

The door is in and siding up!!!

 

Working on the roof beams.

 

Dashing picture of a Rancher!!!



 

New door..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Washing Machine!!!

 

 

 

Wiring for our new water transfer pump.

 

Pump ready to go!!!

 

 

Will get more out this week.....

 

 

 

A day in the Park...

Lisa and I took a side trip after I had to work in Seattle last week.
As we were preparing to come home we found out we were going to be back in the 90's at Rim Rock so we changed our plans and went to Olympic National Park.

Here is a bit of the 3 days we explored the park.

Life of the Western Nomads!!!

 

This has been a great week, with great weather.  Highs have been in the low 80's with cool evenings.

Work as usual, was crazy this week, but the wonderful evenings and mornings more than made up for it. This is why we came out here... for some real outdoor relaxation.

 

 

 

The nights are great, and we get the coolness a bit earlier, now that the sun sets behind the mountains sooner, as the days get shorter.

Having fun on a cool evening.

Learned two new words this week: "selfie" and "twerking".  This is our selfie.

Can't talk about the twerking!!!

LOL....



 

Setting up the TV for an outdoor concert of Celtic Thunder!!!

 

And of course, no special celebration would be complete with out some Famous Grouse!!!

 

 

RV lights given to us by Jeanne and Mark

 

 

Daily Stuff:

 

 

 

 

My wash basins... One has hot water and soap for washing and the other for rinsing has a bit of bleach and cold water.

Time to wash dishes!!!

 

 

 

 

We get drinking water from the well in 7 gallon jugs, and then fill our two gallon Colemen water cooler.

 

We also fill our 60 gallon water bladder and use a drill pump to fill the rv tank for showers and such.

We had to replace both last week.

 

 

Cooking!!!

 

 

Breakfast Time!!!

 

Wine and Cheese from the Lake Chelan Winery!!!

 

 

Mexican Night!!!

 

Burgers and Veggies

 Failed Blueberry Pound Cake!!!

 

 

Weather !!! and Sights!!!

 

Irish Rain Dance!!!

 And here comes the Rain

As the rain came in, the wind kicked up a giant dust cloud... Lucky we were upwind from it.

We woke up to fog and low clouds the next morning.  It was very cold. 

But the clouds moved on and the sun came out.

One of our Neighbors, about a mile away.

Another Great Sunset!!!

 

 

 

 

 

A Day of Work!!!

And boy did we!!!

   We got approval to build our shed, so we had to prepare a few things. The original plan called for the driveway to extend to the middle of the property, which is in total 1.6 acres.  The driveway currently is in place, but incorrectly. We will fix that next year. This time, we laid out the entire plan with flags and will add a rock line so the contractor will know exactly where we want things.

 

 

 Our Property and Driveway from Google Maps

My Attempt at Drawing!!!

 

Flags and Rock Border for new Driveway.

 

 

 

To begin the shed project, we also needed to be able to move the materials to the location we want to put the shed.  That location will be at the new RV pad that will not be completed till next year. So we had to clear the way for me to drive the truck. While our property is fairly flat we do have some rocks, sage bushes  and a bit of a slope from the existing driveway to remove.

 

Lisa removing rocks. 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the piles that needed to be moved.

 

 

Using a pick to get the tougher ones.

 

 

While Lisa does the hard work I am off to build the shed!!!

 



The plans for the flooring. Our shed will be a small 8x8 storage shed, next year we may build larger but for now this is all we need.

 

 

The wood for the floor and base.

 

 

Pre-cutting all the wood.

I pre-drilled all the holes and used screws and nails to build the base.



 

I used a technique from (I believe) "Handyman's Magazine" on building a squared flooring foundation.

You build the framing on top of the underlayment to make sure you stay square.  It worked for us; it is perfect.

 

The base flooring is ready to go.  We will attach the underlayment after we move it to the proper location.

 

Next task is the roof and building the trusses.  That's for another day.

 

We decided also to build some sign\light posts at the end of our driveway and we did it Rim Rock style, which is a wire cage filled with rocks.

 

 

 



Me building the cages using wire fencing.

 

 

 

Moving the rocks to the end of the driveway.

 

Filling the cages.



Drilling the holes for the lights.

 

 



 

Final Results!!!

 

 

We worked hard and it was a hot day up to 96, but we had our reward!!!