14 September 2014

A raw, nasty morning, spent finding an internet connection that would work at more than a snail’s pace, then catching up on blog postings and email.  No joy at Kate’s (two connections), the Salisbury Free Library, or the Brandon Free Library. Finally found an unsecured router in Brandon… undoubtedly owned by some hacker who is now pillaging my back account.  The weather broke for the better after lunch, so finished the electrical work in the sauna building, minus installing the special high temperature / wet environment light fixture for inside the sauna itself (en route from Seattle via UPS).  Then spent an enjoyable hour (yes, yes, I know I need to get a life) placing the sauna stove rocks into the bin on top of the stove.  Thought the stove seller had sent me twice as many rocks as would be needed, but only ended up with a dozen left over.  As the sun was sinking in the west, jury-rigged a looped “clothesline” for drying cedar shingles, using my 100 foot logging cable, the snatch block, one of the blocks from the 5-fold purchase, and the come-along (to tension the cable).  Pretty slick (if I do say so myself), assuming it works as advertised…