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, June 20, 2012

Evening entertainment

Work continues on the mountain...Darlene's been busy looking at various exterior cabin colors. We've chosen a greenish base color and probably a complimentary window and door trim color. We'll post a photo soon.

She's been priming the bathroom and bedroom walls and ceilings in preparation for final color...to be determined.

I've been adding finishing touches to the twig railing. Another 3 hours today and that will be completed. I'll be installing a toilet in the master. Darlene isn't crazy about her Port-a-potty outside. Seems just fine to me! So much for my surprise of a luxury bathroom ;^)

Night sky with cabin illuminated by flashlig
This photo is a 4 minute long exposure taken of our cabin to capture the night sky and stars. The streaks of stars show the rotation of the earth while taking this photograph. Some of the small stationary dots of lights are fire flies.

Having spent 38 years in Raleigh before moving here, I can count on one hand a star filled sky worth noting (city light pollution kills the sky). We've lost count on the number of star displays we've seen at the cabin. We don't have city light pollution and that helps make the sky brilliant.

While our son Cameron was here visiting we lost count on the number of falling stars we saw...God at work!

More coming,
z&D
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