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

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Today Is Photo Day

Greetings to all on this c-o-l-d Saturday morning in Western NC.

I thought it might be good to show several photos first then a bit of what's happening later.

As you can see, this is Darlene's onsite office that was set up Thursday. It's a place she can use as her office while on the property. The frig is being installed Monday.


 ALL OTHERS use this office!!!











 Notice how her office is level and the other office is running downhill. Management has its advantages!






What you see, obviously, is a beautiful rainbow that greeted us when we woke this morning. I say we, because Jere is visiting from Raleigh. He has been getting the cook's tour and was impressed with the rainbow that I ordered. He's heading back to Raleigh this morning after we hit the mountain top.








Stopped by the Farmer's Market on the way up the mountain. What you're seeing is ham butts and chicken on the barbie. The grill was started Friday at 4pm and attended to throughout the night for this mornings market.

O This is a 'Scratch & Sniff' label. Scratch your screen for a sniff of the BBQ.


Got to the top of the mountain about 10:30 this morning and was greeted by the season's first snowfall. Don't panic, it was just a dusting and now that I'm at the library, it probably has already melted.

The sign on the back of my truck is advertising 'The Cabin Keeper' and since Thursday, when I put it on, it has already drawn some activity.



An update on the well drilling is in order: as of yesterday, they have drilled to about 275'. I spoke with David this morning and he says they should finish up on Monday. That might indicate that 'gold' is near!!!

More coming,
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