Nothing like starting the weekend off with Martin and a good cup of coffee 👍👍

I wish the kids I work with were half as tenacious as you. And you always take the obstacles with such good humor. You would be a great teacher. I love watching your videos but boy you sure wear me out!

I use an old Chev truck hood as a skid for moving brush, logs, and anything heavy. Not something people tend to have laying around I realize. Thanks for including us in the guest cabin build. Still one of my favorite channels!

Getting started with the best intentions. It's great to see you again Martin! Now that you have started, all you lack is finishing up!!! This is gonna be fun to watch. Have a great week and keep smiling! 😁😉🍒🥧

Supper Martin Saturday The saga continues to Amaze and bring joy Thanks again Be safe.

Well Done Martin! Todays key word is " Leverage" Thanks Boss !!!

Seriously large stones there, Martin. Saturday morning coffee is better with Martin. Thanks for inviting us up north.

It just proves how much I like this guy and his camp. Get up early to watch the moving of boulders. Beautiful day and no bugs it seemed. Thanks Martin!

I can't wait to watch this project take shape be safe out there

That much good hard work deserves 2 cherry pies 👍🏻🤩🌞

I built my first cabin 40 yrs ago, and have lived long enough to see and fix the errors of my ways. There's no shame in putting in a cement post...lol! And put a green treated pad between the rock and your first log. points of contact will attract moisture and rot. As a retired carpenter, I love fan lasers. Looking Good, Rock on....!!

Excited to watch the new guest cabin build!

It's going to be beautiful ! Looking forward to following the progress.

I sure wish I had your energy and desire for things! You don't give up! I'm 67 and worked construction all my life. I think you have a few years on me. Keep on fighting brother! I think is vonnies pies!

Awesome Martin… would be interesting to see how well the next generation of owners cares for that cabin 50-100 years from now. Unfortunately, few of us will be around to witness that…. Great start on this new cabin… and you’ll have it well documented as to the work required to build it.!!

THIS IS INTERESTING!! CURIOUS OF THE BUILD TO COME!!! Do take care. Fl.

Thanks Martin. Enjoyed this from Mackinac Island this morning.

Good morning Martin- very excited to see the cornerstones moving into place as your cabin project begins to take shape! Be careful and enjoy your time at the cabin👍

lookin good martin, youve started quite a project. Anxiously waiting to see the finished product.

Well. I had to go to the garden early to beat the heat. Got back and thought now what was it I was gonna do. Finally remembered…..Martin’s at the cabin! Hope I didn’t miss anything. 😜

As I lay here 3 weeks out from my Second major back surgery (5th overall) ..... I am beyond impressed

And so the construction begins. I hope to learn a few tips and tricks by watching this . I don't have the resources to build anything that big, but they will help me building my permanent camping shelter. Dwayne

Wow, so amazing what one man can do.

I really like 😊 your ingenuity, slow but steady progress🎉🎉😅

Good Morning! Great video! i Love watching your videos. Your new cabin is looking Awesome! i love how you moved the stones for your cornerstones. GOD' Bless You Always. Amen :)

Idl like to place an early reservation for 2 and 1 dog😮 Happy building!

Out here they call those two-man rocks. 160 lbs. per cubic foot, but I guess you already knew that! Nice work getting them all moved and positioned with basic tools and some ingenuity!

Are there people still wondering how Stonehenge was built?? lol. Great video, Martin!

Don't forget the porch for coffee drinks 😋

Nice job and saving on the back too. Thanks for the video and take care, Al

Martins Ancestry DNA shows some “Egyptian” !! 💪🏼

Doan's Pills - love it!

You are the man God bless 🙌

It's only June 8th and I'm already done with the hot and humid for the summer...next 3+ months are going to be an eternity. Great to see videos from the spring trip...wish I could've made it up there for that, but I'm still looking for my RV; I've actually had a change of plans about 6 weeks ago and have decided I'm going to pull a trailer with my car instead of buying a motorhome, so I've gone back to square one (well, maybe 1 and a half). I'll be there in September one way or another...take care and be safe.

Awesome job

Sunday morning,coffee with Martin. Nice to see the start of the new cabin. Stay safe and have a great week.

I'm impressed.

That was like watching paint dry. LOL going be interesting

Good old Plan D! 😅 Man, it's hard to enjoy my coffee, watching you do all the work. Hello Mr. Grouse. Thanks, Martin! 🖐👍😎🇨🇦🎖

Good Day Martin- It’s great to see the progress on the guest cabin- I wish that I could be there to lend a helping hand but I can’t so I’m gonna have to be happy just watching- Thanks for sharing it with us- Above all be safe and more power to you 👍

That’s called “working with what you got” Looking forward to your upcoming progress, Marty!

You’re killing me! Counting down the days till September 30th! Vacation from work approved, new tools bought, heading West from NY on the 28th!

Love the progress. Take your time.

It’s Saturday! Time to watch Martin to see what he is up to. 😊

Nice update. Thanks for sharing.

Martin, you deserve at least the MINIMUM of 4 of Vonnie's World Famous Cherry pies (or apple, pumpkin , blueberry, rhubarb) after hauling all these boulders for the foundation of the cabin. I have a stressful job, and I always look forward to your and Vonnie's videos every week. Vonnie's channel is my go to for recipes. Please have a Cherry Pie for me. 😄

I'm looking forward to following you on this project Martin! I wish I could be there to help. You are a man after my own heart. Stay safe.

Glad to see you back. Where is your help? Don't hurt yourself!

It's amazing what you've accomplished so far with the guest cabin build!

Always a joy watching, thanks.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

easy for me to say, your efforts come with many blessings, thxs for sharing...Great Project

Superman Martin hard at work. Wow liked how you got the rocks the way you wanted them. Know the guest cabin will be built soon. Love the Saturday videos.God bless you and Vonnie in all that y’all do. From deep southeast Mississippi ❤

You make my back hurt, thanks for sharing.

Hey Martin good to see ya those are some large boulders your working with , no wonder your fit and healthy with all the hard work and prep you do . Where there is will there is a way. and you did well thank's for bringing us along

I think that's how they built Newgrange, they must have had a solar powered boulder mover. Great work.

Come on gramps, get that pebble on that barrow.

Thank you!!

Great start to the build.

Awesome! ☕️ with ya all the way Martin

Your a clever man Mr. Martin thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. How is Mrs. Vonnie doing?

Martin, Awesome job moving those boulders! I just love when a plan comes together.🪨💪

Looks like some leverites….as in I’m gonna leave ‘er right there! 😂

Thanks ✌️

Great video. Thx. 👍🏻

Still looks like hard work even when you use the levers and the winch 😅 If u rolled out a sheet of plastic infront of the boulders before you winch them would that help to slide them along easier 🤔 Good luck for the build from North East England

Coming along.

Moving those big stones are a good argument for concrete, lol

All your hard-won corner stones rolling reluctantly into place, but as you said Martin in the end no need for Doan's pills. At least your labor with those four boulders was not in vane like Sisyphus endless task.You should slip a time capsule under one for the next generation of Northwoodsmen to eventually discover. Imagine if they uncovered one of those famous Vonnie's pies still waiting to be shared with a Camp robber jay. Great job Marty.

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Where is all your help Martin? Where is Jim? That’s a lot of work for one man.

Nice one Martin 😂

wish that I could bring the loader tractor. That would make short work of moving those stones. Mind you, I would have to start now to get there for the fall build.

Hard to visualize. Kind of looks like 4 headstones . keep it coming martin great progress

Wish you were closer would love to come help out and learn a thing or two!!

Martin I think you have a little bit of Egyptian in you moving the boulders like them. Are you going to put in a time capsule for the first corner stone. Like our ancestors did on importance of buildings I think that would make a great videos

you amaze me !! do you mind telling me how old you are ?

So is this cabin going to be totally on your property? I see the existing cabin is split by property lines. Which direction from the existing cabin will it be? The hardest part the corner stones. Can't wait to see the build.

If that were me I'd probably just look at the boulder and say we'll looks like the cabin will be built here.

How many hours of work did it take to set those stone?

Great video. Way to use your brain.

Are you planning on a rock foundation to the height of the first log? Or, will that be floor level with a crawl space under?

Each of those large boulders had one stable position such that if you placed them like that they would stay, gravity would work for you. But you went to great effort to place each one in their least stable position and then weakly propped them up. I think you need to reconsider this.

where are your friends that help you

Maybe use a manual come along instead of an electric winch? My battery electric winch can only under full load for about one minute, then needs several minutes for a rest. The come along doesn’t care…

Don’t know how you get anything done while working and filming at the same time. Good luck my video friend.

COULD YOU DRIVE VA VEHICLE INTO THE CABIN WHEN THE GROUND IS FROZEN? PACK DOWN A TRAIL ?

My plans always quit at plan A.

A good day for reading Isaiah 28 : 16

You definitely deserve a cherry pie 🥧 after the rock moving.

Martin, why wait until 2024 when you've had that land for so long? 😂 Your body would have appreciated you building it back in the day versus now. Anyways good luck bud.

Are you still planning on having a crew help you in October?

Where is your help?

You probably answered this somewhere in the comments, do you see moose in your area ?

I’m thinking perhaps you rename the channel.. Hercules in the Northwoods?

G’day sir. If you see an email, with a Japanese name (ichidaiken) as the sender, it’s coming from me. I’ll update you on the chemo treatments, and how long they are expected to take. I’m still hoping to get up there, to help with the guest cabin.👍

I sure wish you had some young men there to help you.

Working smarter, not harder. I assume you have a knowledge of physics.

I'll try watching again in a few days and maybe you'll have activated the CC by then. If not then I'll try watching your next video and maybe that one will have the CC activated. Old and deaf and so much mumble jumble without CC.