Log Cabin in the wilderness

doublejj · May 28, 2012

After a tour of duty in Vietnam, US ARMY Infantry, combat medic, I returned to a US I didn't fit in.
I was discharged from Ft Lewis Wa in 1970. I had inherated enough money from my grandparents to buy 40 acres of forest land in Washngton state, right along the Canadian border.
My wife & I spent 3 years building&living in, this log cabin in the wilderness. From the cabin you could walk 20 miles into Canada, before you came to a road.
5 miles of 4 wheel drive road to get there. All logs came from the land.
No electricity, we built everything buy hand, done with rigging & block&tackle (you can see it n the pictures) I did use a gasoline chainsaw.
These pictures were taken 1970-73.

More pics to follow

All questions & comments welcome
doublejj :tiphat:

Treetroit City · May 28, 2012

What were your cable tv options there?

J/K, looks like a nice life of peaceful solitude. You still own it?

FirstTracks · May 28, 2012

good stuff djj.
must;ve been just a little bit of work

doublejj · May 28, 2012

More Log Cabin Pictures

More Log Cabin Pictures

A couple more pictures

The center ridge pole was 18" thick & over 40ft long & probably weighed 1000lbs. I had a picker factor of +10 when we got it off the ground!

peace
doublejj

Hammerhead · May 28, 2012

Theres a new reality show comming up where a family lives out in the wild like they use to in the 1800

ClosetAdvocate · May 28, 2012

That's pretty sweet. It reminds me of a little of "Alone in the Wilderness."

doublejj · May 28, 2012

Life in the wilderness!

Life in the wilderness!

We moved into the cabin after the first winter. Stayed 2 more years. My wife wanted to go to nursing school, so we moved to Seattle & I got a job at Boeing.
It was a hard life out there. My wife didn't appreciate the solitude as much as I
We no longer have the cabin

peace
doublejj

doublejj · May 28, 2012

Subsistance living

Subsistance living

We lived off the grid. Raised our own food, chickens, pigs, garden.
There was a creek about a mile behind the cabin with rainbow trout like this

peace
doublejj

doublejj · May 28, 2012

Rosie!

Rosie!

In case you thought I was a cowboy that's "all hat, & no cattle", this is Rosie, our milk cow!lol!

peace
doublejj

doublejj · May 28, 2012

30/06!

30/06!

Caught this boy in the pig pen(going after the feed), but the hogs didn't know that!

peace
doublejj

LiLWaynE · May 28, 2012

excellent thread! THANKS for sharing, and thanks for serving! KEEP IT GOING!

FoCo(No.Co) · May 28, 2012

Doublejj my man you are the genuine article. Thanks for sharing.

doublejj · May 28, 2012

Thank you

Thank you

Your welcome!
Learned to hunt with a bow & arrow

peace
doublejj
P.S. The hardest part of being a combat medic is that every time you lost one, your looking right into their eyes.
I would see they're faces every time I closed my eyes, & was having nightmares almost every night.
I found out later, that my poor wife was scared sh*tless the whole time!

doublejj · May 28, 2012

Milled lumber

Milled lumber

I did haul in some milled lumber for the floor & roof.

peace
doublejj

dubwise · May 28, 2012

great stuff doublejj! absolutely beautiful.

doublejj · May 28, 2012

worth 1000 words!

worth 1000 words!

When I went to interview for a job at Boeing the Mgr asked me "what have you been doing since getting out of the Army?"
I just showed him these pics, & he said "Your hired" lol!
And they don't build log cabins at Boeing! :biggrin:

peace
doublejj
P.S. When I went to apply at Boeing, they had a sign in the window, "Not accepting applications, except veterans"
Great company Boeing!

Endur · May 28, 2012

My Man,
Very inspirational JJ,
You must have had great times, doing all that hard work.
Pictures are worth a 1000 words.

Was that a J10 Jeep in that picture?
My first truck was a 79 White/Blue Honcho.

Take Care Brother
Peace
Endur

doublejj · May 28, 2012

Yeah it's my old j10 jeep truck.
Thank you

peace
doublejj

LiLWaynE · May 28, 2012

hey doublejj, just wondering why you said you didnt fit in when you got back?

was it because you were a soldier that fought in vietnam and the public was against you guys? or was it because you didn't personally like to be around people because of the PTSD that may have haunted you post war?

i know that many medics have the worst PTSD because of the guilt associated with the fact that they (you) just could not save everybody and because they (you) HAD to watch many die as you stood helpless?

i never understood why the public was so against vietnam veterans.... after all, many of them had no choice and were drafted to either go to vietnam and risk death or stay home and be imprisoned...

were u a pinball wizard or did you volunteer?

you dont have to answer any of these questions, i just am a real big fan of the military and an even bigger fan of the people who were/are part of the military no matter the branch...

Drift13 · May 28, 2012

Welcome home, doublejj and thank you for serving our country. Great pics and memories thanks for sharing.

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