My friend Jon and I headed out to Nordegg on Saturday January 22nd. We left the city around 10:00AM, and arrived at the cottage around 1:00. It was a really warm day and the temperature peaked at around +12C as we passed over Saunders ridge. We got unpacked and settled in on Saturday afternoon. We made some pizza for supper, and sat around visiting and having a few beers.
When I got up on Sunday morning, just before dawn, the temperature was still at +5C. We headed over to the guest cottage and spent the day installing aspen panelling to the high ceiling. We took a beer break in the mid afternoon, and following that both of were totally lacking in ambition. We shut things down for the day around 3:30 but not before we had nearly 2/3 of the ceiling finished. The work progressed much faster than when we installed to the other side of the ceiling before Christmas. Partly we just became more efficient based upon our previous experience. But, this side of the cottage was also a little easier to work on as there are two loft areas to work from, and we really didn't need to move the scaffold that was set up in between. I borrowed an extra platform from my neighbor and set it between the scaffold and the small loft. This allowed us to move back and forth without having to go up and down.
I made a roast chicken dinner for us that evening as we had skipped lunch, and we were both quite hungry. We enjoyed a hearty supper, and then sat around visiting in the evening.
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