A little bit of floor, some lighting for the shet-let, and an adventure in the woods

On Saturday we tidied up the joist surfaces to prepare for installing flooring. We had some narrow gaps that had to get insulated.

The drive up was pretty.

and we had a hawk soaring at tree-top level again.

We had to clean some varnish off the big joists that didn't set correctly (because it was drizzling last weekend), so Eliot sanded a few off and we re-applied varnish.

When we finally got to floorintg, we discovered that our stack of plywood had sucked water in with capillary action and molded a bunch. We salvaged enough pieces for one of three rows, which we wrapped up around dusk.

 

So, kind of disappointing progress, and rain forecast for Sunday.

Sunday

The rest of the family slept at the hotel, and then joined us for Sunday morning. Siobhan picked some flowers.

Siggy tried out his bed.

After the other folks departed, we used the rainy day to finish up some loose ends in the shedlet. Jon trimmed up the spare chain on the folding bed. Eliot installed six light fixtures and some switchplates. Jon installed the second wall heater.

Check out our new look!

Eliot cleaned up the dirt, which accumulates pretty fast up there.

We decided to spend the afternoon on a wacky adventure in the woods. We plotted a course on forest roads over Tacoma Pass into Western Washington. Why won't OSM connect our route along NF42 to the ridge?

Oh. That's why.

There was a route around the washed-out bridge that involved fording the stream, which we were willing to try.

This got us to some pretty gorgeous valley views.

But ultimately, about two miles from the pass, we encountered a washed-out road. The shot on the right is looking back over the washout after exploring on foot. There was a bit of road up on the hillside, enough for motorcycles, but a bit dubious for a heavy, wide truck.

There was another route back over the river, but the path down the hill was pretty lumpy. We tried it out, but once we had the truck balanced on the front-right and left-rear tires, we decided maybe this wasn't the route for today. It was a fun detour.