Summer 2021 was busy! This raw piece of land is going to become a future camping area, with emphasis on future. What we have is beauty, tranquility and nature. What we don’t have is electricity, water or cell service. Good hard labor definitely needed to make an oasis. Where to start? Once enough dead limbs were cut off the bottom of the trees, so you could walk around without poking our eyes out, it was time to get serious.
Priority #1: an outhouse.
Digging a six foot hole in the rockiest soil imaginable was challenging. Who needs to go to a gym?
We had a little help getting the hole finished. Mike and Heather came up for the day and boy, did they work.
Making an outhouse is a lot of work. Heavy equipment would have helped, but think of all the exercise we would have missed. Digging the hole was just the start of the process.
Daryl used four pallets nailed together to make a big square and that was the size of the hole. Then we wrapped garden fabric around the entire thing, apparently to keep rocks and dirt from going through the cracks and filling up the hole.
Then we had to get it in the hole in one piece.
It worked!
Then it was time to take all the little bits and pieces out of the bottom of the hole, and to shovel dirt around the outside of the frame.
Thankfully there were sufficient footholds for Daryl to climb out otherwise he might have been in for a long cold winter:)
After securing the hole we called it quits for the day.
While I went off to the hot, smoky Okanaghan to spend time with the grandkids Daryl kept on working. This time Alicia went to help. It was time to build the structure over the hole.
Any structure has to be covered in metal, including the roof. It is also supposed to be camouflaged to blend in with the forest.
It’s usable! And eventually there will be running water for the sink. The finishing touches are for a later date….summer 2022.
By now we were into October and it snowed. It was beautiful. The outhouse is hiding somewhere in the trees behind the truck. There is so much still to be done, but so worth it! For us, it was time to find warmth and beaches.
Until next time.
Ruth
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The Adirondack chairs are waiting for you. Also we found some lumber ypu may be interested in for your future projects.
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We haven’t forgotten the chairs. Be home next week and we can pick them up.
And yes, lumber.is always good.
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Can not wait to visit.
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