Hull Island - A New Frontier

This just in from Heidi as she posts the first ever photos uploaded via the newly installed Starlink on Hull Island. The demise of Christopher Geiger's throne has given way to a new model. Book your dates and be among the first to deposit! At the top of Heartbreak Hill They spent Easter feasting on fresh crab hosted by Paul and his wife on their neighboring island. Heidi reports 40 degree weather with a mixture of wind, hail, rain, sun, and high winds. Iconic British Columbia weather for spring. Looking south towards the new bend in the trail The cleared piles making way for cabin build Solar panels with the throne to the left

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. Ben navigating the mud to locate longhouse aligned true North 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.  I think the buildings, connected to solid exposed rock will look fantastic! Wit...