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  1. Last day of vacation today so I went to the cabin and pulled the dock for the winter.


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    Got a nice shot of the cabin from the lake too.


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    Once the dock work was done I got some rod time on the lake.

    Landed 12-15 pike with the biggest a real fatty in the teens.

    Unfortunately my pic turned out pretty crappy.


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    Hopefully the lakers are on the chew this weekend.

    The launch bay is down to 37* so she'll be hard soon.

  2. Why does your Yammy have a timing belt when a timing chain would last the life of the engine?

    Like car engines the timing belt is an unnecessary expensive repair when timing chains last the life of the engine.

     

    Another reason to love my 115 Merc!!!

    It has a chain. :)

  3. Dave that Hardy board shingles sure sets the gable end off nice, really nice. Plus the stuff is like ballistic armour plate. What are you going to use for the siding? A neighbour tore down an old cottage lakeside and built new and used the Hardy board siding set vertically and did the gable ends in the shingles very similar to yours. We love the look of the board and siding vertically rather than horizontally. Nothing but a Hurricane will damage it, then it's maybe a Hurricane.

     

    OI, the siding is Hardie Plank.

     

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    When the cabin is finished inside I will be adding river rock veneer below the siding to give the illusion of a stone foundation. ;)

    Like this. :)

     

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    The area behind my pellet stove will be getting the same treatment. :)

  4. Packed it in and headed home today.

    Had enough of the crappy weather and not getting anything done.

    Tried to do some work yesterday but the cold wind made it impossible.

    Cleaned the site up and put stuff away for the winter.

    Was cloudy and calm and in the low 30's when I left the dock so I went fisihin' fer an hour.

    The fall bite is on!!!!!

    Went 4 for 10 with 15 or 20 other smacks from pike in the hour.

    No giants but one decent fish in the 36-38" range.


    It only gets better between now and freeze up. :D


    Will pull the dock next weekend hopefully the weather cooperates.

  5. Well a couple of rain days kept me working inside.

    Reconfigured the washroom and made it bigger and roughed in for a window.


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    Finally got the Hardie Shingle work done above the front windows too.

    Took me 3 days to do this small section. Was worth the effort me thinks.


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    Working on trim tomorrow.

  6. Dave I am surprised that the insulation is basically what code is here in Southern On. Heat loss will be high with all the gorgeous windows you have. I would have thought you would have gone with a closed cell spray where you are.

    Kinda hard to get the equipment out to the site for spray foam.

  7. Hard at 'er the past couple of days. Weather turns late tomorrow with cold NE winds and rain for Saturday night and Sunday.

    Temps will have highs in the 40's starting Sunday and it ain't gittin' any warmer.

    It's turning out just as I had envisioned it when I designed the cabin a few years ago. :)


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