On May 1st the Marine Link barge arrived with 25 loads of materials and 12 passengers to watch the show. The road Paul built held up really well, and all but the giant glulam beams were hauled up the hill. The barge had staff on board and on land to guide the huge four wheel drive forklift off the boat, up and down the ramps and up the hill. The barge was there from very low tide to almost high tide - five hours! Costs including the charge for handling on Campbell River terminal was about $12,000 CAD or about $8,500 USD. With plenty of materials on site, and the second barge scheduled to arrive May 14th, serious construction got underway. Led by Ben Frieitag, Tyler 1, Tyler 2 and I set to work on foundation posts, it took six or seven, 10 - 12 hour days of work over two separate trips and we're almost there on the longhouse. Thanks to a huge effort by Paul, Anna and Vicki, the bedrock was exposed and dirt cleared away. The house will...
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