The morning hours were spent setting up a string line along the top centers of the walls, and taking wall length measurements as well as diagonals.

We started by placing a nail at each of the four corners, roughly where the center lines of two walls would cross.

Then we taped off the distance between each nail to get an idea of what the wall lengths were. This is the east wall, measuring 39' 2" from corner to corner.

A look down at the part permanent and part temporary subfloor.

To get our diagonals as close to equal as we could, a nail needed to be moved slightly along one wall or the other. Our goal was to get the corners as square as possible, while still keeping the string lines close to the center lines of the logs. We didn't do too badly.

The next thing to do was to find the center of each RPSL and compare its position to the mid point of the wall it was partially bolted to. One was off about an inch, while the other was off about 3 inches! That one had a slight, but visible hook to it, probably caused by the weather exposure and curing. Using ratchet straps connected as high as we could get, we were able to pull the RPSLs into very close vertical alignment.

With the wind coming out of the south, Jeff chose to start on the protected north wall. The RPSL is being held in alignment by a strap while Jeff begins drilling through the 7th course. Remember, courses 1, 3, and 5 have had bolts through them since last Fall.

Another fill truck arriving.

We've been getting good stuff this year - mostly dirt, gravel, and finer road waste than last year.

John watches while Jeff completes a hole with the long flex bit.

This hole was a little troublesome, so John helps guide the bit while Jeff leans a little on the drill motor.

Another bit misdirected by internal knots. All holes are started with a straight 18" bit, then finished off with the much longer flex bit, which has very little directional control. Hey, gotta love that "character".

This same one happened to come out right in the middle of a scar from the logging equipment.

Bob tightens down the nut over a double washer. Each of these 1/2" threaded rods were custom cut to length so that we'd have about 1 1/2" of bolt to work with on each end and wouldn't have to cut off any excess later.