Bushman,
Heres another idea for you. Take some foam board and nail it to the bottom of the underside of the floor if you can. 1" or 1"1/2 of foam makes a big difference in keeping your floor warm. They make button cap nails that work great for this. This also reduces wind blowing through any cracks underneath.

My floor is sealed on the underside of joists with 3/8" plywood then insulated with r-20 fiberglass and sealed on top side with 1/2" plywood. I like the rigid insulation for attic tight spots though. it's expensive stuff

I've returned from what might be my last trip upriver on a snowmobile. Weather is in the + temps now and while it takes a while for winter to let go... it's started now.

I hauled in all my metal roofing and pine boards for my interior cabin finish. Once again my son stepped up and helped get the roof on. I also put a coat of stain on, hope it dries by May! I used metal roof panels to skirt the cabin and I like how it finished it off. My next trip in will probably be on foot or horse. I'm pretty pleased to have started hauling material in Feb and have a cabin almost completed.

Looking good, neat idea with the tin. Winter is starting to let go. Is it a long hike in there come summer?

An all day hike from my Lodge. Horse trails only for now but I have some ideas. Really it's only for winter use but I do ride through the area while we're trekking around so it'll be a good way spot. Notice my new 8' toboggan? I have a 6'-8'-10' now and feel like the Alaskan sled king. I heartily endorse those toboggans and every stick of this cabin was transported via them.

A wolf didn't like my trail cam. Chewed it up and dropped it 40 yds from original site. Lucky to find it I guess.

I would like to see the video of the cam getting "removed".

Well done Bushman, projects go together well when ya got a good group of workers. Kinda hard to find them anymore. Not many people think that working and building a cabin in the bush is fun. The rewards for a little hard work are reaped for years. Thanks for the play by play this season. Would love to take you up on your offer for a ride a long but kinda hard to leave here during the season. It's against my religion to leave my post from August thru winter til 2nd week of June. Hunting season then trapping followed by spring bear, dang, that don't leave a lot of time for much else and wouldn't have it any other way.
I need to invest in a few of those trail cameras, that looks like fun. Have a great summer. JR

I hear you on the labor AK, lucky my son shares my work ethic, and my daughters didn't marry lazy guys. Just had a sat call from my film partner. He got two black wolves on film today interacting with ravens. Probably one of them chewed the camera. I've got some pictures of them somewhere, I'll dig them up

Off to the mountains to retrieve my partner. He's spent 27 days in the field, most of them in a blind. He's had an interesting few days. He's been set up over a moose carcass down on a river flat. At first two back wolves were hitting it, and one of them was bold. He came out of blind and met wolf on trail. It just stood and looked at him and slowly walked off. Next day he looked out blind and could see it sleeping beside the trail. Hmmm how do you say lunch? Yes he's packing heat and bear spray.

Next the whole pack came in and has been working the carcass hard. He got some interesting interaction between the wolves and ravens. Actually he has footage of ravens harassing wolverines, eagles, coyote, and fox. They think they're the boss.

I'm leaving at 4 am to try and get him out in a hard freeze. Pretty warm the last week and he tells me the ice is opened up. Stay tuned for a full report and some pics.

That sounds amazing. I hope we can see a few pics . Good luck with the water skipping!

Can't wait!!

Stay safe !

They are smarter than any of the others you mentioned, IMO.

As expected the ice was skinny




And the snow was skinnier in places

Not the only one out and about

Just enough ice to get by

I think you need a bike with tracks or an argo,before you wreck that ski doo,lol.

I ended up having to cut a trail around one stretch of open water

A bit of bear proofing before we left the cabin






And one last final look before we pack it in for the season