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…
Burning Down the House
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…
Let it Snow
I arrived in the area on Jan 24th hoping to get up to the property to see how it was holding up. I procrastinated a bit over in a cheap Ellensburg hotel for a week. A week got extended to 2 then 3 weeks. Laying in bed eating Lean Cuisines and catching up on continuous episodes of Law and Order…
Memories that come at night
There is some snow blowing into central Washington this weekend and based on the a weatherman’s frantic predictions, it’s going to be the worst one ever. With that in mind, I am getting ready to head up to the property where I am sure birds are chirping and balmy breezes are blowing. The internet access isn’t so good, though. Updating…
When You’re Going Somewhere
I decided that I might as well wait out the winter back near the property rather than set around the East Coast for no reason. I am in no hurry so as usual, it has been a winding road.Checking off a few things that I wanted to see on the way. I started with a quick walk around the pretty…
The Stars Are Stacked Against You
One of the chores I had to do before I left in October was to find a place to store my car. I found cheap storage in a pallet making factory on Cleveland’s East side. Figuring out how to pick it up weighed heavy on my mind the final few days of my trip. For some reason it was pretty…
You Drop A Bomb On Me
After 2 days in Transylvania, I still had all the blood I arrived with. Not wanting to push my luck, I decided to head on to my last new country for this trip. Serbia. Belgrade in particular. I did my travel research and came up with a big fat no on a direct route to Belgrade from Brasov. All the…
The Bats Have left the Bell Tower
Once I found it, Brasov’s old town is really nice. I generally get tired of the European old-towns and Brasov is probably no different, It is pretty much just a long pedestrian walkway with some side alleys but it was big enough and enough variety to hold my interest for the couple of nights I found myself in town. My…
So Far Away
It was an easy walk to Bucharest’s train station from the guest house since I already did it the day before. From there, it was an easy trip to the Transylvanian city of Brașov, about a hundred miles north. A pretty little town once you get out of the non touristy section. Which I found out the hard way is…