Just got back from a long day. I was up at 4:45 this AM and out the door by 5 AM in hopes of getting to the land by 7:15. There's like 5 people on the highways at 5 AM on a Sunday, huh? Chris spent the night there Saturday, and it ended up raining all night so he slept in his truck. I found this out after unsuccessfully searching for him for 5 minutes and he suddenly opened his car door and nearly fell out. Today was going to be the day we used the auger to drill the pier holes, but we ended up not doing it. We started to but then realized we needed to have more trees removed and more grading done. It's easier done now then it will be with the piers in place. With the new trees removed, we will have more space for the cabin and it will be safer from falling limbs. Though frustrating to not keep schedule, in the end it will be best.
So, we spent the day mapping out some new space and returning the auger machine to Brattleboro. We definitely stopped along the way for some ice cream at the Chelsea Diner--it's becoming our tradition. Their Butter Pecan is just about the best ice cream I have EVER eaten, even on a cold rainy day. I also drank about 5 cups of coffee today--yikes. Oh yeah, we also ate just about an entire bag of Cape Cod BBQ chips. Every time we're at the land, we seem to pound an entire bag no problem. I'm starting to think that The Cape Cod Potato Chip Company is sponsoring our cabin.
The coolest part of the day was picking a handful of wildflowers from the meadow across the street. We left the flowers in the tree at the lookout spot. Hopefully they will be there when I go back next week with Amanda and Sadie. We're going up Friday morning and we're going to camp out Friday night. It will be Sadie's first night camping. We'll meet Todd, our tree guy, on Saturday and go over the work that needs to be done by him. Chris and I will do a three day trip at the end of the month to auger, and get the concrete done.
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