Thursday, May 27, 2021
We Broke Ground
Nothing has happened yet
We did spend a couple of hours on the property cutting back the alder bushes to make the driveway wider so it doesn't scratch our new truck.
Looking over the site and calculating the location of the walkout basement. We were using the geotech maps to figure out where the solid ground would be so we could minimize the amount of backfill needed for the foundation.
Letting the experts look over the situation, before Les weighed in:)
Assuming our positions for the summer
The view from the owners suite, such as it is now.
Monday, May 24, 2021
Off the ferry: Day 1 in Alaska
This morning, Thursday May, 20, 2021
We arrived in Whittier at 5:50am and we made the 6am tunnel out of Whittier.
Below are the gorgeous views we had on the ferry.
While in port we would walk the parking lot for 5 miles.
Back onboard we could email with the cell phone service.
This is our fabulous new F250 and cargo trailer. We stuffed these vehicles so full of furniture, construction materials and household goods. This is a good beginning on setting up our new house.
We rented a 3 bedroom townhouse for 6 months in Soldatna which is about 90 minutes from Homer.
This will be our home base while the house is being built.
Monday, May 17, 2021
On the ferry
We come to you live from the Alaska Marine Ferry Kennicott. (I mean we have cell service here)
It’s Monday morning and we’re in Ketchikan for a stop over. We haven’t seen any whales yet. The weather was rainy with rolling seas yesterday.
We got a small cabin and it’s quite comfortable.
We brought food for snacking but we eat dinner in the cafeteria. It’s fair. We had soup, salad , burgers and fish & chips.
We just got off and walked 5 miles in the huge parking lot. They won’t let us go off the property because of COVID.
We saw an eagle. Juneau tomorrow.
Friday, May 14, 2021
Washington State
Washington
The weather sure has improved over the week.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Estes Park, Colorado
Rocky Mountain Nation Park is beautiful even covered with snow.
We lucked out and saw mule deer, white tailed deer, elk and moose.
Monday, May 3, 2021
We're Building A House in Alaska! 2021
Our Alaskan Adventure
2021
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We're going to build a summer home in Homer, Alaska.
In 2020, during the pandemic, we purchased 5 glorious acres in the eastern part of Homer
The pictures above are
the location of the property with brilliant views of Kachemak Bay and the Homer Spit.
The 2 pics above are us picking up the living furniture we bought in Dallas. We'll be driving our new Ford 250 pick-up truck to Bellingham, Washington. We are taking the Alaska State Ferry to Whittier, AK on Saturday, May 15th. We've purchased a cargo trailer and filled it with floor tile, furniture, and loads of household goods.
We left North Texas on Friday, May 7th, 2021 and slept one night in Raton, New Mexico
and two nights in Fort Collins where we had dinner with our cousin Mike and his
wife Diane. It was so great to see them and catch up.
July 11th, 2022
Settling In........ The house was finally painted. Below is the driveway being put in. The grand girls and our daughter Alicia were our fir...
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Our Alaskan Adventure 2021 (I can't get the newest post to show first, please scroll down to see newer posts) If you leave a comment ...
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Jackson Hole, Wyoming The drive from Fort Collins to Jackson was an adventure. It snowed off and on the whole 473 miles. Les did great dri...
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The house comes together The fire-pit in the yard is serving two purposes. First there is quite a bit of construction debris and scrape lu...