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01/11/2026

Steak night hits different inside the log cabin 🥩🔥
No grill, no kitchen, no problem. Seasoned steak straight onto a wire rack over the fireplace coals, kettle ticking away beside it, headlamp for light and a plastic fork for tongs. Flipped once, rested on the plate, and eaten a few feet from the fire that cooked it. This is the whole reason the shelter has a stone fireplace.
Rare, medium rare, or cooked through, where do you stand?

01/11/2026

Biscuit decided the nap was over 🐕😂
Full setup for a proper shelter nap. Sleeping bag zipped to the chin, tarp overhead, stone wall at his back, not one thing left on the chore list. The camp supervisor did his inspection anyway, walked the full length of the bag, delivered one wet review directly to the face, and vacated the area before management could respond. Nap cancelled, no appeal.
Be honest, who is really in charge at your camp?

01/11/2026

Fire was roaring before we even stepped inside 🔥❄️
Orbit the cabin and the moss is still holding in every seam, the walls doing their quiet work. Through the window there is already a shape by the hearth, and when the door swings open the stone fireplace is going full, the way it has been since the embers were banked last night. No build today, no work left to prove. Just a warm box in the cold woods, ready when you are.
Bank the embers overnight or light it fresh every morning, which camp are you in?

31/10/2026

Snow came in and we stayed put 🔥❄️
Tarp open to the fire, kettle on, wood hauled and stacked. A tent is a box you sleep in. A tarp camp is a place you live.
Tarp open to the fire or a tent zipped shut, which way are you camping in the snow?

31/10/2026

Moss seals every gap in these walls 🌿
No foam, no store bought anything. Handful after handful packed between the poles until the wall is tight.
Moss, mud, or foam, what would you seal your cabin with?

31/10/2026

Wood split small catches fast 🔥🪓
Split it small on the rock, fan it out in the snow, and the stone hearth is roaring in minutes. One log split right beats three logs split lazy.
Do you split yours small or burn them big and slow?

30/10/2026

Cabin is ready for the night 🔥
Bed made by the log wall, fire burning low in the stone hearth, wood stacked close. Everything a winter night asks for.
Cot by the fire or bedroll on the floor, which one are you picking?

30/10/2026

Fire first, everything else can wait 🔥❄️
Walk in through the snow, push the door, and the stone fireplace is already doing its job. This is why we built it.
Would you spend a winter night in here?

30/10/2026

Every log in these walls was shaped by hand 🪓🌲
Last chapter the cover went on and both ends stood wide open. Now each upright gets limbed, cut, and shaped with hand tools, then set between the stone base and the roof poles until the ends close in.
Vertical poles or horizontal logs, how would you close the ends?

30/10/2026

Shelter started as a bare frame in the woods 🪵🌲
Stone footings and a low log base first. Timber shaped by hand, roof poles raised one at a time, and the cover went over the top last. It sheds water now, but both ends are still wide open.
What goes on next, walls or a door?

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