Onalaska Log Building School LLC

A few photos from our recent Japan/Korea cruise.

I'm planning on building a log outbuilding this spring/summer if anyone wants to help and learn a few things. I will be cutting trees in late April. Jack
Apr 21 poured footing for outbuilding
May 2 Poured a skirt around the footing.
May 19 Finally got our peeled logs delivered.
May 22 Got the rigging up and the sill logs down.
May 23 Row 3.
May 24 Row 4.25
May 25 Row 6
May 26 Row 8
May 27 Row 9
May 29 Row 10
May 31 Rafters up
June 1 Finished the log work!!
June 18 Logs pressure sprayed and roof decking up.

Some recent photos from our trip to Egypt. The temples and museums are fantastic but beware of liars and thieves and demand for tips everywhere.

Recently returned from Asia cruise. Photos are Bruneii with model, Jack/Sharon at dinner, ship greeters in Phillipines, Saigon presidential palace, Saigon traffic (crazy), pedicab ride in Vietnam (beware, they demand big tip at end of ride), water village shot in Bruneii, memorial plaque to Japanese attrocity victims in Manila, and a bearcat, interesting critter.

>Good news! The little ones are starting to bite!

Some photos of our recent Lisbon to London cruise. A working windmill in Holland, Sharon in front of a cathredral in Roen, France and a photo of a plaque noting the 50 Pilgrims who departed the church in Rotterdam to sail to Plymouth Rock in 1620.

Some photos of recent trips, mahi mahi caught while on Mexican cruise. Antarctica cruise photos include penguins, wild guanacos (alpaca like critters), and the part of Elephant Island where Shackelton's crew lived for 4 months while waiting for rescue, note the large penguin colony on the rock to the right. A little chilly there.

Recently returned from cruise to Italy, Greece, Turkey and Israel. Photos are Sharon almost getting run over by a mule in Santorini Greece; Greek/Roman ruins in Ephesus Turkey; the church built in Istanbul in the 500s AD (Hagia Sophia); and the West Wall in Jerusalem; in 79 AD the Mt. Vesuvius eruption also covered Herculinium, archeologists found 400 skeletons near the shore seeking to escape.

Getting ready to turn back the clock and have a big night out.

Went tarpon fishing last week. My brother-in-law landed this one.

Just returned from cruise from New Orleans to Cozumel, Roatan, Belize. Fun time. Highlight for us was the ziplines in Roatan jungle.

One of our students was getting ready to build a log house this spring and had permits, etc. good to go but now has to move to the Southeast for family medical issues. Site is near Mt Rainier. He told me: "If you have any former students looking for a project that is ready to hit the ground running please feel free to give them my contact information, I would much rather sell at a loss to someone that will see the cabin built and used than to just sell the lot as vacant land."
So if you are interested, please let me know and I will forward the contact information. Jack. We still have our 40 pg booklet and Powerpoint CD available for $60.

We've had about 7" of snow the past week, so was concerned about Ruffie the Grouse. So I hiked up the hill a few times with some thawed blackberries and Ruffie seemed pleased with them, although I think he wanted them heated. He often follows partway home, perhaps he is lonely.

Just a photo of the Christmas display aboard the Norwegian Getaway. Merry Christmas to you and yours, hope 2022 gets better than the past couple of years.

Just returned from Greece/Italy cruise, was supposed to spend Thanksgiving in Turkey but covid caused Turkey and Israel ports of call to be dropped. Photos are myself at Pisa and Coliseum and Sharon at Pompeii (note Mt. Vesuvius in background). Great Christmas present idea: A copy of our log building class Powerpoint and 40 page booklet ($60), enough info to build a log house from foundation to finish and I will come help you get started if you pay my expenses and make a donation to charity.