Paul was the first of the insulation crew. Here he is fitting the first piece of foam board.

Meanwhile, on the back wall, we had a full crew starting the chinking on the top level. I think that's Dave, Jillena, Keith, Doug, Ted, and Ben up there.

Bob carried out the all-important job of keeping the crew supplied with mortar. With so many people working on chinking, the mixer stayed running most of the day.

Our crew made quick work of the upper level and was soon on the middle level. Jillena stayed up top to finish the mortar joints with a sponge.

Paul was getting the hang of fitting foam board, but was still working by himself through much of the morning.

By early afternoon, we had a crew of 5 working on the insulation. That's Alissa, Katie, Dave, Matthew, and Paul. Jeff made sure they had enough various sizes of foam board strips for the different size gaps.

By mid-afternoon, a couple of our chinking crew had to leave, but they were already down to the lower level...

...and the insulation crew had started working off a single scaffold tower.

Ted and Doug finishing up the last three gaps.

Bob hard at work at the mixer.

When the insulation crew had done all they could reach from the ground, we brought two of them to the back wall to help Jillena finish the mortar joints.

Doug using a margin trowel to push the mortar through the lath. This system worked very well for some people. Others chose just to use their hands.

Katie and Matthew using sponges to smooth out the mortar.

Jillena on finish duty at the sunnier end of the wall.

By the end of the day, the insulation crew had made impressive progress, getting almost half of the wall done.

The back wall is finished! We left one tower to use for cleaning the logs.