This post will cover about 3 different days of work. The first section of pictures that you see is of me starting to cover the walls of the bathroom with cypress planks. I didn't get very far because I ran out of planks. I have more, but I have to cut a ship lap on them before they can be installed.
The remaining pictures are all about chinking. The FUN, EXCITING part of building a log cabin. Actually there is probably nothing more boring and mundane than shoving mortar into a joint, watching it fall back out, pushing it back in, and smoothing it all into a clean edge. Not to mention that before the mortar can be placed, you must drive nails about every 3 or 4 inches into the bottom log of the joint to hold the mortar in place. However, for all it's monotony, and maybe because I'm just a boring mundane person, I kind of enjoy this process. It's the final step to making these walls a 'finished product.'