Just For A Day

Amanda and I went up today. And it was amazing! I hadn't been up in over a month and Amanda hadn't been up in close to 5 months. Too long.

It was beautiful today. Cold, a little sunny, and flurries. We got there, started a fire immediately in the fire pit, laid some stone around the concrete blocks and drip edge, took a walk around the trail, and finally fixed and re-stocked the wood shed. Chris and I originally built the shed backwards so we had to just switch the backing from one side to the other. Easy enough, though Amanda was pretty cold and had some frozen toes by the end of it.

Amanda had also not seen the damage since Irene and there are definitely some memorable images, most notably two pieces of steel that previously were part of a bridge that were bent literally in half and moved by the power of raging water.

Amanda also met Lisa, our friend/ owner of the local coffeeshop, where we stayed and talked for probably close to thirty minutes. Vermont.

Unfortunately, our camera died halfway through the day so I was only able to get one picture, and an unmemorable one at that. Too bad, because when the light of the mid-day sun was out and the snow was falling, it was pretty incredible.

Wood Stove

Pretty soon this little guy will be keeping us warm in VT. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Let There Be Insulation

Well, winter is finally coming, be it a few weeks late. This reprieve has really saved us with the cabin as we've been able to get loads done without any serious interruption. But it's getting cold. This weekend hit the teens in southern VT.

Chris spent the night last night and got a bunch of insulation done. Another day up there, and the ceilings will be done too and we can move on to the wood stove. Right now, wall insulation is done. Every little thing that gets done is another check off the list to being where we want to be.

The wood stove is due to arrive this week, although it looks like we may not be able to get it installed this year. Amanda, Sadie, and I are hoping to make it up for a day-trip over my Christmas vacation (weather permitting) and hopefully we can get some of the insulation work done for the ceiling rafters and maybe set up the trail cam that Chris and I bought each other for an X-Mas gift. After that, hopefully Chris and I can get the stove done in an early January overnight. After that, the cabin will be open for visits in any weather.

I don't get sick of looking at pictures of the progress.