Last month was a winner in that I hit a milestone on making my property more than a junk yard with a view. The concrete for the cabin footer was poured. One win is not a streak so I decided to go for 2 and build the basement walls this year. I had just finished multiple trips to get all…
It seems rare these days that the word literally is used correctly so in my attempt to save the English language, here you go….I am happy to say that I literally have nowhere to go but up from here. I mentioned in my previous post the inspector gave me the go ahead to pour the cabin footing. A short lived…
The Spring mud has turned to Summer dust but that and an extra 30° F, there is not much progress to report. Working hard and getting dirty, working hard, just not much progress. Ugh!!! I did get the cabin footing forms placed, rebar bent and tied together and the end result inspected and approved, Then…. I did it again!!!!!. The…
All of my whining about the cold wet Spring here seems to have paid off. Albeit, a little tentatively, Summer finally arrived with a week of sunshine and temps over 70’s and no humidity. There was even one day of 90+.Whoo Hoo!!!. back to 60’s and seventies, but that works for me. I got the approval of my building permit…
If April showers bring May flowers, What does April snow bring? April started out looking like we were going to have a short spring and roll right into summer. The snow had all melted out and the ground dried up enough that I was able to drive into camp two weeks earlier than last year. That is critical to…
My third season on the mountain has come to an end. Winter is predicted to be another snowy one but thankfully hadn’t settled in before I left. I was stuck in rainy season since Mid-October. After a storm lasting 3 days, I had 5 inches of water in my rain gauge. There isn’t much to do when it gets like…
This summer has really flown by. Then again, I can’t remember one that hasn’t. As busy as I keep myself, there hasn’t been much to write home about. Just the daily grind of little projects that seem to get closer and closer to being finished but never really cross the line. It isn’t even like there is a big list…
I can see the lights of the town’s only grocery store from my little slice of the mountain. Google says it is 2 miles away as the crow flies. As you know, I am not a crow so that isn’t a very helpful point of reference. Instead, It is about 5 miles to drive there. About half of it is…
The property hasn’t really been cleared of down timber and underbrush growth in decades. With 23 acres there is plenty of it too. Nothing I will complete in my lifetime with just a chainsaw and a Sawzall. I have decided that I would start from my living are acreage and work my way out from there. There are also some…
Contrary to what a normal person would do, I came back to the property in the middle of winter. It has been a record snow year so far with 3 feet on the ground at least. February temperatures barely got above freezing in the day. And into March, 40’s are the norm in the day and nights are sinking into…