Weee, helicpoter transport. For things, not us.

For months we have been storing beds, tables, chairs, a kitchen, appliances, a wood burning stove and other things around the house; int he basement, in the hallway upstairs and in the garage. Today, all that ended. Early this morning a big truck with a crane and a smiling driver arrived here and we filled his truck up with all these things. It was quite a load.

 The weather was clear, but there were some dark clouds threatening on the horizon. He had to use the crane to pull the stove out of the garage and get it on the truck.He drove up to Hunnedalen with Knut and I in close pursuit. When we got there, we had to take everything off the truck. Load - unload.After the truck was unloaded, Knut and I hightailed it up to the cabin to prepare for the delivery. You see, a helicopter was coming to fly all our things up. The whole area around the cabin is one big mud puddle these days and we didn't really know what to expect. But we got up there and started spreading used pallets out over the wettest spots so the load could be set down.

The first load arrived, we saw the helicopter coming up the mountain side with a long rope hanging down. At the end was a big net filled with stuff. It got closer and gently set the net down right next to the cabin, before it took off for the next load.

We, with lots of help from three electricians and a carpenter who were there that day, unloaded the net as quickly as possible. Things got pretty muddy, but not as bad as I would have expected! Most of the things were ok to carry in, but the stove, the diningroom table and the fridge were a bit of a challenge.

Here they are moving the heavy stove through the mud towards the cabin.

It took three more trips before all our things were up, then the helicopter spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon bringing up things for the next cabin being built. I'm glad we were first! Knut and I spent the rest of the day getting all the things into the cabin and stored away - more or less - so that the workers could continue with their jobs. Two maybe three more weeks and we can start painting inside? Exciting!