Time flies

It has been ten years since we bought the land and starting our cabin adventure.
We have gone from a tent to a trailer to our park model cabins. and now water!
We have been going so long without water, that I am not even sure how to feel about having it. Not lugging our water containers 3.5 hours up each time? No showers? Knowing where every restroom in town is? I think I am ready to move on up.

Pressure tank and outdoor shower

Did someone say outdoor shower?

Please can I help?

Coming Back to life.

I am inspired to start back up and will be adding more soon!
In the meantime here is a photo of the "big wind" farm that went in on the next mountain over.

Long time coming....

Good news and bad news. We finally got our electricity hooked up. After more than 3 years and a very large amount of money, we have power. Doesn't that light look good!

Bad news is National City froze our HELOC, bad real estate markets and all. We will have to figure out a different way to pay for our water and septic hookup.

Finally Set

We finally got the units set. The crew was there for hours and hours. they had to jack em up, drop the wheels and axels and tie down the units. I got to stay the entire time because I had the rented generator and couldn't leave with out it. It got dark around 4 and we hauled out the camp lanterns. The crew worked their behinds off and were finishing up around 8 under a full moon. I am so grateful for beautiful weather, kind neighbors and just good things in general.

Our next step will be to hook everything together with decks and porches. That will have to wait until spring. Winter is no fun up on the mountain.

Need more power

The John Deere wasn't big enough. We switched to a bulldozer. That did the trick. Everything moved quickly after that.

The dozer was especially helpful with the hill. We couldn't get the big unit down it so our neighbor set it down, used to dozer blade to scrape down the hill and then was able to set in place. The only casualty was the sewer pipe.

Small problem. The first tractor is too small. By some miracle we are able to get in touch with another neighbor who has all kind of heavy equipment. He comes by the see what the problem is....He brings the big John Deere...progress is slow.

Please sir may I have another

The second unit had finally been finished and has arrived from Indiana. It looks fantastic. Another tight fit but the driver knows the ropes now. We just don't have a way to move them. We are lucky that our neighbor has a big tractor and is happy to help out.