Not being much of a farmer, I really don’t know how big an acre actually is. I have tried to find a comparison that I can relate to. In my DuckDuck Go efforts (cause I don’t want the Google overlords to know that I am spatially unaware), I have earned that it is very similar to a football field. Being…
I got some wild, wild life
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…
Eye In The Sky
I have had a Drone for a few years but quite frankly it is really a pain in the ass to use. It is a relatively rare day up here when the winds are calm enough to fly. When the winds and my motivation align, there is the challenge of having all of the batteries charged. There are batteries in…
Start Choppin’
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…