Tearing off the old cedar shingles.

Laying down the roofing felt with a hammer tacker.

We take the old cedar shingles to the landfill. State laws forbid burning them.

Installing Asphalt Shingles. We built the blue garage a few years previously.

1990 fall building our first garage. We even poured the slab (floor).

The rear door is for the firewood shed part.

1992/1993-winter in central Oregon.

Clearing the land and pulling out the stumps where the shop will sit. After digging the stumps just enough, Jenny belays them while I pull them out with the van. This is the fall of 1993, right after we hiked the AT.

The larger stumps required a lot of digging.

Digging holes for the posts. (Post and beam construction.)

Mixing concrete and pouring the footings for the posts.

The delivery truck brings our materials. We have all the footings covered with insulation, to prevent the concrete from freezing.

One post is up. We're raising the second one with ropes and van.

Raising the fifth post.

The posts were so heavy that we had to roll them to the site.

After nudging the posts this way and that to get them aligned just right, we poured concrete in the holes.

Using a chainsaw to trim the posts at an even height, and also trimming them sideways (at the upper 12") so that they will fit the trusses.

By law, I couldn't build the trusses on a building this size, so I had to have them custom made. And of course once made, I couldn't lift them into place.

Working under a polytarp.

Jenny nailing a truss brace.

By the way, we have no background in construction work. We're just ad libbing as we go.

Starting to take shape.

Metal roofing.

Jenny cleaning off the snow. This was a first-thing every morning job, most days.

Siding

Nearly finished, but the trim and doors.

Starting to work inside

We hung insulation under the ceiling, and Jenny did most of this part of the work.

Finished. Just about time to start training for another thru-hike (PCT #3, 1994).