Just another day on the Pitt
The cabin came with hardwood flooring - the catch was that all the wood was in the previous owner's garage and needed to be brought up to the cabin and installed. Since there is no road access, the flooring needed to be brought up on a skiff. Aaron decided that the middle of December was a good time to do this, so he gathered up a few buddies, loaded the skiff up with the wood and a tractor that we needed up there and set off for the cabin.
The river heading up to the lake was like glass, but as soon as they hit the lake, the weather blew up and got very very rough. Huge waves were coming over the front of the skiff, which started filling up with water faster than anyone could bail. Aaron headed for the closest shore and ran the skiff up onto the rocks just before it was going to go under. The only thing he lost in the process was his tool box over the side. After unloading all the wood onto the beach, the reinforcements (Ray and Mike with the Nelly Irene) were called. While waiting for Ray, Shaun decided that it would be a good idea to try to dive for the lost tools. After a few dives and some recovered tools, he was totally numb and near hypothermic. The Nelly showed up shortly after and took the boys to the cabin where they spent the night (which they were not planning to do). The only food that they had was a soggy bucket of chicken, which they ate happily. The next morning, they took the skiff back to the beach in the calm water to pick up the wood and bring it to the cabin where they unloaded it for the second time.
A few months later, Shaun decided to rent some actual dive gear to go and try to recover the rest of the tools. He recovered pretty much everything - Thanks Shaun!
The wood is now all neatly stacked up in the trailer so that it can dry out (and hopefully not warp in the process) before we install it.
