Working Up Nort

So, my dad and I headed up North with a bunch of supplies, a bed, and a desire to make our new cabin "pretty". Thursday we loaded the van and J-No's brother's trailer, and proceeded to get really bad gas mileage for the next 4 hours on our way to Cable, WI.
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Our goals were simple: Change the decor upstairs from cardboard and paper sacks (yes that is what was on the walls) to something more appropriate, install insulation to increase the "R-value", and have a "man" weekend. Goals were accomplished for the most part. Left Thursday, got back Sunday, and worked in between.


Hauling the trailer. We were ridin' dirty.

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Yeah, my dad has interesting taste in dashboard accesories. It "dances" by the way.
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My dad has odd hours at work that mess with his sleep schedule, so it makes him tired and loopy. Here he is seeing if he can stick his head outside for 1 mile at 65mph and 30 degrees. He did do it. I guess we all have things we are good at.

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Then he took a nap.

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Although most of the owls had been removed before we closed we did get to keep some including 2 owl lamps. BLING, BLING!!!

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Yeah, the upstairs loft area looked a lot like this. Scary stuff.

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First we thought about leaving our newly installed insulation and making it a "moon" room.

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When we thought about it our wives would not like the moon room, so we started to install female approved wall treatments. The loft is quickly going from the eyesore of the cabin to the coolest area. **Editors Note: What you see is beadboard, not plain plywood. There are grooves spaced about 1 1/2" apart just like wainscoating, but it is hard to see in the picture.**

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There is plenty of wildlife in the area, including these deer we saw out the window. FYI, that is Dale Voight's cabin. He is one of the children of Augie, grew up in the cabin, sold us the place, and is an all around nice guy. The shorcut to the trail system is between our cabins to the left.

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We did not get to to see ALL of the wildlife. There have been sightings of this guy near Seely. According to police reports, the furry guy wears Sorels.

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Well, that is all for now. I used this week as a rest week and I am back into "training" now. I have some goodies on the way that will help me in my '08 cycling campaign. I will post some pics of that soon.

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I plan on going up to the cabin again this weekend to get more work done. This time I will bring a bike and get some riding in. My father will not be joining me. If you would care to join me you are welcome. The plan is to do some more construction and ride. Seriously, let me know if interested.

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For now though, I will get to work. There is a bunch of construction at the shop as well.