Red Bluff Lodge

If I had a hammer...

.....I still couldn't do anything like what these guys have been able to do; and in only 4 days so far:

There's the first chalkline being snapped, and now for the progress made in the four days:

Day 1: All the lines are chalked and the outer walls go up.

Day 2: All of the outer and most of the interior walls are framed and squared up.

Day 3: Outer walls begin to be sheathed with OSB; interior walls are finished up.

Day 4: Back half is ready for floor joists; No more left to frame on the 1st floor!

Not bad for four days, huh? The first floor is all framed. The floor joists are placed and nailed for the second floor. The lower trusses will go on soon, and the second floor will be all framed out in no time; the crane is scheduled to be here Monday to place the high trusses; Katie bar the door!

When Pigs Fly...

This past weekend, we opened our February hog season with a BANG! Our hunters had great luck with the hogs and an all around good time. Here are some highlights:

The Remsburg group, above, had great luck on their first night out, scoring 5 hogs.

The action the next night was awesome as well:

Danny Remsburg shows off his 150# hog, taken the evening of the 16th.

One of those Sandy rascals, Danny, with a nice 200# hog, also taken on the evening of February 16th.

Steve Wolfe shows us the blaze on this 150# hog, which was his first.

The next evening, February 17th, Ed Esworthy shot his first hog; it was a nice one, weighing 220#!

Stone Soup

Great lakes of concrete, batman! The slab for the new lodge was poured on February 8th. Wow!

How happy is Ashley (Miss Heely herself) about that lovely skating surface? (Here's hoping she doesn't get an anchor bolt through the forehead...

Big thanks to the guys from RC Builders & Grading, Inc. in Etowah, North Carolina. 105 yards of concrete in about 6 hours with no problems = a great slab!