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

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

I'll do my crying in the rain...

The Everly Brothers nailed it...They did their crying in the rain AND that's exactly what I'm doing today...crying in the rain. I really can't complain because we've had exceptional weather up until today. Today is another story. R-A-I-N, you know, the wet stuff. The stuff that puts a halt to everything.

We couldn't work today because of the weather. R-A-I-N, R-A-I-N go away, come again another day! The photo to the right is from the workshop looking at the cabin. Notice, no worker bees, no sun, plenty of clouds and R-A-I-N.



I'm not complaining, just making sure everyone knows what we're up against today.

The photo to the left is not of a mirror placed on the floor of the garage, it's water on the floor of the garage. Not to worry. They say we should be in good shape if the weather changes in 24 hours and guess what? It will. Colder but dry. Then mild and dry. Good enough for us to take delivery of the second floor SIPs tomorrow and start the roof system.

I had a break today and spent it going to Wilkesboro to check out two lumber mills. I'm looking for our second floor stair system. We want 4" x 12" x 16' pieces of rough hand hewn lumber for the stairs. These stairs will be visible from the first floor and we want them 'neat' looking. If you have some, let me know!

 I'm listening to rain hitting the metal roof where I'm staying and I'm just looking forward to dry weather tomorrow.

Again, the photo to the right isn't of a mirror on the floor...it's a good shot of Mother Nature at her best. Ever wonder why they call 'her' Mother Nature and not Father Nature?

More coming,
z

p.s. wait, I see some blue on the horizon...better days are here again!
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