Evidence of some nocturnal critters were discovered this morning.

Jeff and Paul measuring the diagonals at nails on the cap logs marking the ends of the roof overhangs.

The nails marking the roof overhangs are 4 feet beyond the corners to give us 4 feet of gable roof extension.

Our temporary work bench which eventually became the first third of the west hanging scaffolding to go up.

Some of our 2" rough-cut planks that we'll use as scaffold decking.

We began on the east wall and tied a rope around each end of a plank...

...which went up to single pulleys attached to j-bolts hooked on rebar pins between the top two logs.

A closeup of one of the pulleys on the end of a j-bolt. Notice the pulley is parallel with the wall. This proved to be a little difficult to operate this way so...

...we added a carabiner so the pulley could hang perpendicular to the wall.

With Paul on one rope and Jeff on the other, the plank was lifted.

After threading a 2" ratchet strap through some log gaps and around the bottom of the plank, it was stable enough to stand on.

Paul kneels on a girder to adjust the ratchet on one of the straps.

The first section is up.

The other two sections went up the same way, making three sections to span the east wall. The planks on the end sections overlap the planks on the middle section.

On the west wall, our temporary work bench has been taken down. On this side, we decided to make our deck double wide, so we screwed 2x4 braces beneath a set of planks, which is what our workbench was. Here, Paul ties one of the ropes around the planks.

As the sun set, we finished raising the first section of scaffolding on the west wall.