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

Sunday, November 6, 2011

A day off

I was able to go to a benefit held for a gentleman in the area who needed open heart surgery. The community came together to hold a BBQ supper at the local elementary school last night. Doc Watson played a set after supper. This was the first time I have had an opportunity to hear him in person. I remember, some 25 years ago, my studio did some photographs of him.

Here's the link to a video of one of the songs he played. Doc is 88 and remarkable to say the least.


Sorry for the quality...

Didn't do much today (Sunday) as it's a 'day of rest'. I did manage to haul the 'office' up the hill to it's new home (everybody was complaining about the long walk to the 'office'. Now that was a sight!

More coming,
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