The ridge pole over the bedroom wing starts to take shape. The doorway will connect the dining area with the upper floor of bedrooms. The attic space above will house staff bedrooms and massage rooms.

The photograph is misleading. The ridge support post in the foreground rests on the log over the doorway. Directly behind is a support post of one of the two huge ridge support beams described in prior posts. The support post in the background is set on a stack of plywood shims that will be gradually removed over time, as the building dries and the log walls shrink