A Fast Picture History...

For those who didn't know about our blog or weren't able to follow it this is a quick picture tour of the project. A more detailed description of our summer adventure can be seen by clicking "newer posts" at the bottom of each entry. That will take you direct to the next entry. Or for surfing the blog index month by month is located near the bottom of the right hand column.






The finished driveway complete with an adolescent moose keeping an eye on us. Moose were frequent visitors early in the project.


We are positioning the picture windows to overlook this view.

































The cabin dried in. We departed south the next morning.

=====================================================================
Now back to the regular blog sequence from May 2010.

Great, …. No, FABULOUS weather here for May. We have had 76-78 degrees for three days. Yesterday afternoon Paulette took a camp chair and sat by the river overlook with a book. Migrating ducks swam past, and other smaller birds hopped around looking for a meal. She commented several times about the awe of the place. The well is now drilled. The fellow who drilled it made an unsolicited comment about the lot. He said, “You have a premier property for Gustavus.” And went on to comment about the quality aspects of it like water table being better than other areas, along with the river frontage and view. I know it is redundant, but I feel blessed. I never dreamed we would own such a beautiful place. Most cabins around only have a view of tall trees. A few can see the mountains. And very few can see the river and mountains. I learned from a neighbor that there is a spring on our property. Sure enough, I found it. But in very dry periods like we are experiencing it has reduced to only wet ground. That spring will probably mean our water is excellent.
I ordered lumber for the cabin yesterday. It should be here in a week or two. Freight is about 30 % of the cost but my spreadsheet projection for total cabin cost is coming in pretty close to estimate. Some items, like the well, are more expensive than I thought. So is lumber freight. Other items are coming in for less money. They tend to even each other out. Today I hope to start setting up preliminary lines for foundation forms.
We walked out to the dock last Sunday afternoon for a stroll together, and were in awe of all the snow capped mountains around us. Kids were fishing from the dock. The sky was overcast but the temps were very comfortable. A bald eagle sat on a piling at the end of the dock. I took his pix but must have moved the camera so his magnificence didn’t come through and the photo wasn’t a keeper. Perhaps next time.