Building our dream home in the NC mountains

It's almost mid August 2011 and the love of my life and I are getting ready to begin a year long adventure building our dream cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. We're actually in Oregon, as we speak (8/11/11) wrapping up a glorious 10 day vacation with my wife's sister and brother-in-law at their cabin in the mountains.

Why the title "The Maple Tree Adventure"? Our property is on Maple Tree Lane at an elevation of 4200'...sounds like an adventure to us.

We've talked about this for a long time and now that it's a reality, we are excited to start the process. The process should take about 10 months. The build should be completed by next fall 2012.

Our goal is to offer up a blog entry daily. Some posts might include a photo, others may not. The adventure takes my wife and me in different directions for awhile. She teaches school and will finish out her career in June 2012 in Raleigh. I, on the other hand, will head to the mountains to get the cabin rolling in the next week or so (8/16/11).

Keep us in your prayers, leave your comments and plan to visit us next spring 2013.

Kent & Darlene
210 Maple Tree Lane
West Jefferson, NC 28694

(828) 406-4823

Friday, August 19, 2011

Great dog, noisy cows and bluegrass

There's nothing like a sweet old hound dog. Katy fits the bill exactly. She has been my constant companion since I arrived and hasn't complained once. She rides shotgun, sleeps a lot, opens her eyes every once in awhile, and doesn't complain. When I have to go in somewhere, I leave the truck running with a/c and lock her in. She's one 'cool' cat! dog!


We were serenaded to mooooos galore at 3am this morning. Our camper is on this side of a barbed wire pasture...the cows were on the other side. I thought cows were on the same schedule as humans...apparently NOT!!!


Today started with rain until about noon. I had several appointments and met some really nice folks. First off was a visit to the Ashe County Inspections Department to find out if our plans had any hiccups...not one, thank goodness.

Met with Environmental Services about our septic system and well. Small hiccup, might have to have the 2 acres combined. No big deal, no real loss in time.

On to the Chamber of Commerce where I joined as 'The Cabin Keeper' our private property management company. Then on the the Mountain Times to buy some ad space. Update on Katy...still sleeping!

I met with a carpenter and feel like he would be a good fit with our project. He had a lot of good questions and asked the right ones.

Around 5:30pm Katy and I headed for downtown to do our daily 2 mile walk. Much to our surprise, a blue grass band was playing at the park downtown to a good crowd. Seems to be an every Friday thang!

Lots going on tomorrow. More meetings with subs, looking at various materials, etc. I'll report as usual.

Later dudes and dudettes!


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