Clean up for RV visitors
Tidying up our RV-visitor area
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Stairs, day 5... AND DONE!
5 yards of 5/8 minus gravel (work shirt, complements of LKH 😘) A couple of sore backs by the end of the day. And voila! 35 lovely 5-1/2" x 16" steps; perfect for our aging bodies!
Stairs, day 3
Placing risers and leveling Pocket holes for risers and cutting template for placement
Stair stringers
Completed the dig for the stairs and got the stringer for one side in place. Figuring the angle of the slope for the treads.
Prepping for stairs construction
After a day of sorting and redistributing tools between the garage and the shed, Bill started the groundwork for stairs from the shop to the house. They will be framed with treated 2x12s with 5/8 minus gravel steps, the most economic option. I joined him after finishing yesterdays task of washing the 5th wheel. Rocky slope made slow going, but after several hours, we were over half way, having dug a 12" deep by 40" wide by 30' long section of the 50' rise. The first few feet of the channel dig. End of day: Good progress for a few hours hard labor!
Back to Twisp to build a house
The long wait to return to Twisp and continue our building adventure ended Monday, March 21, 2022, when, after a txt from neighbor Al telling us the driveway was clear of snow, we loaded up the trailer with tools and bee-lined (the shortest route this time of year being through Wenatchee) to Twisp. Other than a moderate amount of slush on the road over Steven's Pass going east, travel eastward lifted our spirits to begin framing the house. We returned to Anacortes the same day to prep the 5th-wheel to travel again. Bill was eager to get cracking on the house, so Wednesday found us heading east again with him taking the 5th wheel and, due to the skyrocketing fuel prices, I drove the Prius which will be our runaround vehicle. The Dakota will make its trip over once it has a new engine in a couple of weeks. I pulled in to the property as Bill was re-digging the ditch for the electric and water lines to the 5th wheel. When he turned the water on, the kitchen faucet spewed water -- a b...