June 4, 2009 -- At Leech Lake

New stairs on the side of the cabin.

The temperature today was a little warmer, it hit a high of 68 degrees. The low was near 40. The skies were dark and threatening all day and the wind was strong at 15-25 mph out of the SW, with gusts well over 30 mph. The lake was covered in white caps and I only saw one or two boats on Sucker Bay all day.

It was a good day for projects around the property, and with master-builder Rick on hand we quickly found a project. On the north side of the cabin the wrap-around decks ends, but there are no stairs to get to the ground. It's only 3 feet up, but not everyone wants to jump to the ground, so we decided to build some stairs.

There were some old stairs stashed out behind the game room, I'm not sure what they were for originally, so Rick and I decided to use those. After some modifications, the stairs were ready to attach. Rick did a great job securing the stairs to the deck and extending the railing to tie in with the existing deck railing.

All that's left to do is get some paint when we go into town next and the new stairs will match the rest of the deck. Thanks Rick!