Let the winter winds come and the typical 8 feet of snow begin to fall.

The walls are up, a very secure roof is in place, and season two of what a pair of old Wyoming guys call a “promise-fulfilled” quest to build their second cabin at 9,500 feet in the Snowy Range west of Laramie is a success.

Septuagenarians Larry Ash and Dave Simpson are quick to admit that the final push to get the roof on before the snow starts to fly in the high country was made possible thanks to some timely help from a couple of younger hands.

“It went great. With the help of Dave’s son and my son, we got the sheathing up there and the metal put on,” said Ash of Casper, one half of the veteran summer work crew that pounds Pabst Blue Ribbons after pounding nails on their swan song project.

“We would have liked

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