Wednesday, July 29, 2015

To Forks for Shakes

We drove to Forks, west of Port Angeles in the wet country, yesterday to buy hand split cedar shakes for the cabin roof. The big trees around Lake Crescent were amazing. How I wish we had a few big trees on our property! Anyway, Bob has begun putting on the shakes. He works from a 2 x 10 suspended between the ladders, moving it up the ladder as he goes higher on the roof.


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