Cast of Characters

Cast of Characters:
Me, the Boston Pobble: Indiana Jones wanna-be, city girl, carnie-at-heart; Lithus: helicopter pilot, partner in crime, best friend, husband;
Various: mechanics, employers, companies and locals we are lucky enough to meet along the way.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Home Construction by Aviators

Friends of ours, BossMan and LadyBoss, are building a house out on Big Lake, about 1 1/2 hours outside of Anchorage. The spot they've picked out is really beautiful, up on the top of the hill, overlooking the lake. They've been planning it all winter, prepping the property and bringing in the parts and pieces, getting ready for spring and building season.

Last week, BossMan asked Lithus if he would come out Saturday and help get everything up the hill because the spring thaw was coming about three weeks early this year. The lake was melting, which is fine ~ unless the parts of your house are scattered on it like so many legos on a living room floor. So, with the help of a third line pilot, BossMan and Lithus cleared the lake of the house. It looked like this:



The trailer they've been staging out of.

BossLady is at the end of their pier. Yes, we are all standing on lake.











What the view will be eventually


The ice road across the lake. Yes, I'm driving our firebird. On a lake.
As I told Lithus on the drive home, while it might have just been another day for those guys, for the rest of the world, it was a really cool day.

1 comment:

Jessie Tsui said...

Wow, it seems like you were working with some pretty heavy equipment there! Home construction in the winter can be quite challenging because you have to fight the cold while working. Well, it seems like you guys are holding out pretty well, given that you’ve already got some work started. I’m pretty sure the home will look beautiful once it’s finished, especially since you have that wide expanse to enjoy.