The Log Cabin

There’s a cabin in the mountains The deer are everywhere You might see a coyote Or perhaps a big black bear Close to where two rivers join No game fish can be found Until the sockeye salmon run Is on the breeding ground Long before a cabin was built We parked a trailer there Camping on the weekends In clear pure mountain air Then a truck hauled in the logs A contractor built the shell To complete all the rest of it The family worked like hell Our daughters and their husbands All gave a helping hand The toilet was the first thing done For reasons you understand The insulation, the electrical The cabinets on the wall Without any outside help We had to do it all We did cave in and hire someone The wallboard to install But we hung up the ceiling fan And no one took a fall Install the sinks, install a tub Apply finish here and there With Electrical heaters in the wall We were almost there When we had the linoleum laid And the carpet on the floor Time for all to celebrate No need to work no more This all happened years ago It was completed in’91 Now thinking back on it That work was mostly fun