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: A Public Defender's Life in Alaska

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So, this is the beginning. These boxes are my sawmill. They are in my driveway in Sebastopol. From here, I have to drive them to the logging site in another County. I have to learn how to assemble it. I have to cut hundreds of giant douglas fir trees. I have to learn how to use the mill properly. I then have to transport beams up to 40' long over 50 miles (I will have to hire a truck I think) to the woodworking shop. I have to learn how to make mortise and tenons. I have to make each piece fit perfectly. Package hundreds of beams and other building materials. Arrange for transport and delivery in Alaska (this requires getting a bulldozer on my land to get a space big enough for big rigs to turn around). I need to sell my house. I need to get rid of a lot of stuff and pack everything else. I need to arrange for the safe transportation of my dogs, including getting their health certificates. I have to arrange space on the ferry. I need to get myself, my family and the other builders, along with tools to Alaska. Before my house is built, I need to arrange for land grading and the foundation, including radiant heating, to be built. I need to order SIPS. I have to find labor in Alaska. I need to arrange for the utilities to be put into my land. I need to rent heavy equipment with lots of time to spare to build the frame. I need to arrange housing for my and my family, as well as temporary housing for the builders I am bringing up. I need to assemble the frame. Install the SIPS. Send the timber framer home. I have to find, hire and supervise contractors to finish the house in Alaska. I need to build the shop. A million other details. And it all starts with this pallet. I have 14 months to do most of these things. On top of working, finishing my house in Sebastopol, spending time with my family and everything else I am doing. It is nearly, but not quite, overwhelming.

Full post as published by A Public Defender's Life in Alaska on March 31, 2017 (boomark / email).