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

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Warm-Cold...make up your mind!

One day it's warm, then rain the next and then we get snow flurries. I wish it would make up its mind!

The gentleman with the tan head is Maurice. He's my go-to-guy for all things 'mountain'. He and his crew are handling the grading work which is very near complete. They are sliding water line and power line into a long 500' 4" black pipe from the cabin to the water pump location. You're looking at beautiful Carolina blue sky on Tuesday.

The next and last thing they'll do is pour the garage slab, dig small deck footers and move some big rocks around for me. I'm going to miss those guys, they've been great.
Snow on the cement blocks this morning
Up here they say, if you don't like the weather, then wait a minute. The photo to the left is this morning. We got a light dusting of snow. Yesterday I didn't post because it was a rain day...all day!

We're still on target despite the weather. My sweetheart is coming to visit and 'check' on me!!! I keep telling her that I'm busy but I think she has the link to this blog and really knows the truth.

More coming,
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