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Keep up the great work Dave. You will have her all done before the snow flies. Are you planning on living there 365 when you retire Dave, I'm sure that's the plan if I remember? Do you have any Bears as neighbours? A 50 Cal mounted on the deck might be an upgrade. I don't think it's a commute to work unless you buy yourself a Black Hawk to go with the 50.

Yup, we gots bears.

I have a couple of different plans for retirement.

Both require the $$$$ I'll make by selling off the cabin here.

I don't plan to stay in the NWT when I'm finished working.

The current plan is to move somewhere nice with beaches and killer fishing (Panama).

If when I start spending some vacation time there I find it's not for me then Smithers BC is where I'll most likely end up.

and I thought building my outdoor shower with change room was a masterpiece lol. this cabin build is totally off the charts ! shades of Dick Proenneke

I'll be carving my door hinges and lock shortly!!!!

Haven't been overly ambitious at the cabin today.

Too dang hot!!! Got the last ledger board up and the first 4x4 post and end rim board. Also got the last post saddle cemented in place.

Then it was time to hightail it inside. Snoozed for 4 1/2 hours.

Will go out and do some work when the sun starts to drop behind the trees.

How much does a flight cost

You don't want to know.

Somewhere around $4K

No forest fires? When I was up there a couple summers ago, you couldn't BREATHE without inhaling freakin' smoke!

Been a good year for that so far.

Sounds like we are sending our heat out there Dave.

 

Humidex today was about 40, stinkin' hot................

Not much in the humidex here.

Just lots of sun with no pollution to cut it down.

Plus there's that whole, hole in the ozone thing.

It's not really all that hot temp wise but the sun is very intense up here because of the clear air.

Lack of wind isn't helping either.

Installed some sheathing under the stairs and beside the basement doorway today. Also cut down the door frames to the correct size now that I have the doors out here. Gave them a coat of paint as well. Got 2 out of 3 deck ledger boards installed as well as the flashing behind them. Too hot out today though. Next couple of days are supposed to be worse.

Just curious, is there power on this island? Will the utility give you a feed?

Completely off grid.

Unfortunately they will not run power as it's too costly to do so through the bush with no roads.

Too bad as there is a hydro plant less than a mile away from my place.

I will eventually be running solar with generator backup but just running generator at this time.

Not an island, it's a peninsula.

And if you think I believe you don't have a crew of 6 guys out of the camera view you are nuts. If you are really solo I could have laid off 12 guys in my old crew. How does 1 guy put in windows 12 feet plus above ground solo?????????????????????????? you have 4 arms buddy and are 14 feet tall? Super Dave!

I had my window buddy help me with the windows.

It will take 3 of us to install the 4 big remaining windows.

Sometimes you gotta have a little help.

Get in touch with your MP, they will likely be of some assistance.

When my dad was being given the run around by the auto licensing folks last year his MP got it straightened out quickly.

 

post the links

 

or is this inside police info?

Not inside info. I saw the video and story today on FB.

Mine is the same right now. Bug and tar remover is what my detail buddy says, but I haven't tried it. Either way, it takes some elbow grease. I have a 5000km road trip coming up in 8 days, so I'm not going to get into it with mine until after that LOL.....interested in any replies though.

 

S.

YUP!!!

This stuff!!!

I'm beginning to feel like a worn out old rusty tractor though.

Yup, water snake. A beauty. I've seen them up to 6 ft and as big around as a pop can.

 

S.

As a kid I used to catch them down @ the credit.

Caught em that big as well.

Used to catch tons and then release them unharmed.

Was smart enough to wear thick leather gloves cause those big boys can really latch on to ya!!!

Just found out, my son was working about 5 or 6 KM from that fire and called it in. Says within 10 or 15 minutes they had bombers overhead and then the helicopters with ground crews

The joy of being close to important infrastructure.

My guess is the crew @ the hydro plant 1-2 kms away called it in as well.

I wonder what the conditions are.

 

 

of course its hard to tell, but lets be honest here...when was the last time that a police officer pulled you over with your family and suspected the worst when you went to grab your license and registration. This simply does not happen to white people. The fact of the matter of the guy getting killed in his front seat is that the cop shot him for no reason at all. You and I and everyone in the world knows that buddy wasnt reaching for his gun to shoot the cop with his baby in the back seat. Lets get serious here. You are close to implying that the police have the right to shoot people if they feel that there is a potential threat, regardless of the fact that there is one or not. Thats a really slippery slope.

The big problem in the States is that there are so many officers being shot at that they are very Leary when ever they pull some one over.

They are on edge and in fear for their own lives in a lot of places. I can say if I was a cop down there I would be no different.

The problem in this case is the gentleman said he had a CC permit and was reaching.

What he should have done if this was actually the case is kept his hands on the wheel and told the officer where the firearm was so the officer could take control of it while dealing with the individual. And then returning it when done.

One of my best times char fishing was casting from shore on islands about 10 miles or so out in the Coronation Gulf out of Kugluktuk NT. What a hoot it was pitching spoons into the ocean and having big feisty chrome char smoke your lures.

Most were heading East to ascend the Coppermine River. Biggest we got that day was about 15#'s or so.

Good times.

The problem with drop in bed liners is that they move and eventually rub the paint away.

If you have your vehicle oil sprayed or under coated the bed will still rust out from the top down if you don't take the liner out occasionally and touch up the areas where the rubbing is occurring.

This is not an issue with a sprayed in bed liner.

If you have to pay for shipping it could be better idea to order from Sail

https://www.sail.ca/en/minn-kota-trolling-motor-power-center-180324

Shipping is free.

 

 

I was glad to see that the truck already had the plastic bed liner, one less thing to try and work into the deal and one less thing to have to get done.

 

The step ups get installed today and then all I have to find is a place that can cut me a spake key for the tail gate as the one that I have is an after market one that was dealer installed but I only have the one key for it and I want a spare.

 

Trying to find a place that can cut the key is turning into a challenge, I have only been able to find one place and they are down on Mount Pleasant so it will have to wait till I go down town next time, does any one have any suggestion as to who else could cut me a key?

 

FLEX

Any decent locksmith will be able to cut you a key for it.