After 3 Months, Out of the Mud and Snow! #5

The two jerks are building with logs! And they are happy to no longer be winter camping. Now permanent residents of the Ringworm wilderness, they have lived and slept on snow, ice, rocks and mud for (hopefully) the last time. After many days of cutting trees and clearing brush then lots of chainsaw milling cedar trees, the deck is done. Again.
Ryan's new tent turned out to be twice as big as expected so the deck had to be expanded before it could even be used. But it being the only flat "ground" on the property, it was worth every minute of the work.
For these friends of over two decades, flat ground to sleep on is worth more than just about anything. Errr, discounting bacon and liquid cheeses anyway.
Want to know how to build a deck? Well, this is how one MIGHT build a deck. If the only tool you had to use was a chainsaw. And you had no experience building a deck from logs and chainsaw milled lumber.
Ringworm is a remote property in Northern Michigan purchased for no other reason than to serve as a grown-up playground for nature-loving idiots. Tito and Ryan have been friends since high school and over the years have spent the majority of their time camping and screwing around in the woods. After two decades of dreaming and scheming of owning their own piece of wilderness, everything finally came together early 2020.
There is no road to the property, no water, power nor structures of any kind. It is simply a slice of Michigan forest remote enough that nobody will ever hear their screams. Or ask why they are carrying a spear to breakfast. Or pick on them for not wearing pants. Or question if they really need a blowtorch that big to light a wood stove.
And they actually live there!
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