Ben the Builder
March 27th. Locating foundation for the longhouse and first of two cabin Ben navigating the mud to locate longhouse aligned true North I met Ben (our pro builder) at his home in Nanaimo and we headed to Sayward to launch his boat and make the trip to Hull. Along the way we drove by his cabin on Point Neville to see if it was still there, and to check on his sawmill recovering from a hit by a fallen tree. All was well so we proceeded to Hull. Trip from Sayward to Hull took an hour. Together we spent a day and a half establishing the specific location for the long house and first of two cabins. We wanted to see what the ground conditions would be for pouring the 18 concrete piers that create the long house foundation and 9 piers for each cabin. Paul had cleared most of the earth and discovered a massive expanse of ground rock. Ben and I with the excavator, picks, shovels, brushes and hands dug away more dirt and uncovered even more bedrock....
