Final pictures for a while..

So sadly since the snow has set in we can no longer build anymore and must return home to Canada. As you can see from the picture below the ice & snow has really set in and makes building very difficult. Especially when you do not have a proper warm shower opportunity, etc.

Of course we're kidding. We're back home after our stay of 5 months 19 days (171 days) in Hawaii. We feel we've achieved quite a bit in this time from the nothing we began with. Considering the building is enclosed entirely with some working plumbing and some electrical completed its a fairly big achievement. Granted we thought we'd be along further and it wouldn't take as long as it did.

It however has been a labor of love and I have tremendously enjoyed working on it thus far. When you can look at something and say that you've built that with your own two hands, its certainly gratifying and gives one great satisfaction. I think i'll post some more things in the coming days to reflect on some of the successes and pitfalls along the way. I was always under the impression that America meant efficiency and little bureaucracy to get things done. This may not represent the every state in the USA, but efficiency and bureaucracy are what frustrated us the most. People believe Europe has a lot of this, which I'm sure it does, however I wasn't expecting it in Hawaii.

So thats it for now.