You may not believe this but...

So, two years ago we sold our place on Beaver Creek. At the time the surrounding property was for sale too and I had an agreement with that seller that if I found a buyer for both properties then Terry and I would buy 10 acres of that, located at the north end of the meadow. They were agreeable to that and sure enough, our buyer wanted both properties. In the end the other seller ended up selling the 10 acres to a relative instead of us.

About 3 weeks ago I saw the property go on the market and signed a contract on it the same day it was listed. We closed on it Friday which means we are moving back to Beaver Creek!

 

I showed Terry around on Friday. The narrow photos are panoramic.

 

 

 

The plan is to move the little cabin over to the land and live in it while building a house. Hopefully it will be done by the time Terry moves back in about 22 months.

Last weekend I went back down to work on the cabin some more. The weather was beautiful. I carried in 51 boards that are for the roof decking. I made several trips to the truck (0.6 miles away) and carried 7 boards at a time. I put up 28 of them to cover one side of the roof over the floor area. I plan to finish the other half next time. The boards are 1x6 tongue and groove, 8 feet long. Winter is just around the corner in the mountains so I probably won't get too much more done after decking the roof. It will be covered with a tarp over the winter.

 

I took a little time to do some detecting around the cabin. When I first started uncovering this, I thought it might be a gold pan or possibly another shovel...

 

 

 

Elk season started a couple of weeks ago. As I hiked to the truck Friday morning I could hear an elk bugling nearby. I go my bow out of the truck, returned and called the bull in to within about 85 yards. He smelled me and took off before I could get a glimpse of him. 

Emily C Cabin Window and Door

Window cutout:

 

 

Planed the edges of the chainsaw milled boards:

 

 Interior side of door:

 

 

Got some chinking done too.

 

The boulder field behind the cabin has a lot of raspberry bushes. I was a little late to pick them as the frost has gotten them already.