march 7 and 8

made it up to get a little bit of work done this weekend. i wasn't much help- really tired and trying not to get sick.

steve was really productive tho! the ceiling fan made it up last time steve was up.
we took the games that have been gathering dust in the basement up. no tv, no internet connection- they may actually get played! and it's at a point where we can sit down once in a while and relax.

we got there around sunset- this is how it looked from the master bedroom.

steve's plan for the weekend was to get the floor down in the guest bath upstairs.

things are coming along nicely. i really like the color of the walls, and as suspected the white towels & fixtures provide a nice contrast.

we went to the brew pub for dinner and music. this week a guitarist, bass player & harmonica. they were great fun! played dylan, neil young, you are my sunshine- all in their own style. it is a treat to be able to go and drink a nice glass of wine (or beer), have good food & hear good music. it's like a concert in your living room.

then home, back to work this morning. steve finished the bathroom (see above) and got the ceiling grates up in the bedrooms. i slept in and the dogs and i had a short romp on the snow.

here's the jeep all fitted out with the plow courtesy of jake. steve got to push a little snow around this morning, but not much. i'm sure it will come in handy again tho.

here's some proof that fun is to be had- all set to go off on an adventure.
it was a beautiful day.

Electrical

Happy days. We passed our final electrical inspection without any bumps, surprises or whatevers. Nice to have it out of the way. The light fixtures are all still up and working. Of course they are. Not much to report other than that. Still a lot of work to be done, but it'll have to happen when the snow is gone or to cruddy on the hill to ski. Don't have many weeks of skiing left, unless winter decides to show back up soon. Pinapple express is here at the moment, but I'm hoping we get a colder front with moisture out of the gulf of Alaska before the month is out. More snow pack is needed for the summer water.
Stay tuned.
SP

Real Doors

We now have the for real, permanent doors up and the construction doors headed back to their home at the bldg supply store. It was a very good idea using construction doors until things that tend to bang and bump into doors are inside. Of course not all of those things have been moved in, but hopefully the majority of it. Looks more and more like a real house. That is all that is really new for now. We hope to call for an inspection next week and see if we can get an official occupancy permit and hopefully get an idea of just how close we are to being able to pass our final inspection.
Back to the doors, Red for the front, Marianne's choice and Dark Blue for the back, Steve's choice.

John hooked up the washer,dryer and gave them a test run. All working fine. We did get a little more snow, not enough to get excited about, but more is in the forecast for Monday night. Keeping our fingers crossed.

Play Day

Happy days! All of the light fixtures are up and working. What a relief it is to have them done. Oh and the fan in the master bedroom is up as well. So now we have some interior painting of the walls, interior doors to put in, flooring to put down and some other stuff, but I think we're close enough to get occupancy. Should be ready for the final before July easily enough.
So today John and I went out for a little exploratory ride on the sleds. Needed to get an access route scoped out for some back country skiing.
This post will be long on photos and not much else. The first shot is on the way in and where we ultimately wanted to end up.


A little closer. I hoped to get right on top of that slot to the right. Nice little avy path to get into the top of and ski.

A little closer.

Well I was able to climb right up on top of it and with a little more effort and time I could have been standing right in the top, (oh and I didn't pack my skis with me today), but John got me nervous with his riding around down at the bottom of this in the bowl where it all runs out. He made some runs up towards the bottom of it. With more run and really pinning it, he could of made it further up, but glad he didn't press it as I was not in a position to get to him as quick as I'd like if it slid.

This is the view from the top and side looking down it.

The middle.

And the run out at the bottom.

There is John goofing around in the trees at the bottom.

Anyway we had a nice ride, scenery was great to say the least. Terrain for miles and miles. The camera batteries finally started to die before I could take some of the panorama shots that show all the mountains in every direction. Can't give it all up just yet. We have winters and winters to get it all ridden and ski up. It'll take all the time we can come up with.
Nice to be able to do something at the base camp besides work.

sp

feb 7 & 8

not a whole lot more snow that we saw last time we were up. yep, those are still the construction doors......
steve got a lot accomplished- nearly all lights are now up (probably all by now).

the hanging lights are where the island between the kitchen and eating area will be. the kitchen fixture holds 2- 100 watt bulbs (yay!). as a result of our wiring confusion, we only have a switch for this light coming in from the back door. we do have a hole in the wall by the stairs with a cover over it that is where we wanted the other switch- will hopefully be easy to put a switch there. seems so logical.....

we have a working shower (who knew that there were so many different proprietary types of hook ups that determine what fixture you can buy? once we knew what kind we needed it was a lot easier to get this done.)

this is the spiffy shower curtain that steve got at big lots. looks great with the paint, doesn't it?

the sconces are up- matching the wall.....

and the kitchen sink is hooked up! woo hoo!

i did some touch up painting around the outlets in the front room. couldn't stand much, so that was about all i could do.

it was a bit chilly last night- 11.8 at 8:38.....(probably colder, steve moved the outdoor thermometer today to get a more accurate reading. this was warmer than the car thermo)

dinner at the brewpub- buffalo burgers, music, wine, the apres ski crowd...

when we got home last night, we heard whining at the door. it was rocky, wanting halle to come out & play. and he was back this morning.

the streets are the easiest place to walk- the dogs posthole in the snow and don't like so much trying to go over it- but they can race down the road. not much traffic, and what there is goes slow.

and the scenic shots- last night's sunset

this morning's hoar frost

red twig and barn

a camas county horse trough

that's it for now!

No work to speak of on the base camp for the past 10 or so days, due to the fact that it was time for vacation. So I got together with a great bunch of guys and spent 6 solid days of climbing and skiing the back country. So instead of house photos there are only ski shots. Loads of fun and great snow even though we haven't had much new of late. We did our best to track it up though. Hope you enjoy the photos.
SP

1.18.19

after 4 days of inversion we were really happy to see the sun in fairfield! halle & echo are chasing rocky, the neighbor's gsp, along the snowmobile tracks (where they don't sink in)

there were signs of hoar frost- it gets fogged in at night, but burned off both days we were up- fortunately.

clear at sunset-

foggy in the morning-

here are poor echo & halle being bored to death while we work (though they did have a long hike in the morning, then they chased rocky around, so you'd think they'd be tired!)

to the work part- here's steve working on making the prehung door hangable. somehow, the hinges on the ones we bought don't match the construction doors. and for some reason the contractor hasn't been able to get up to fix them. so, steve is going to give it a shot.

he did decide to wait on this project until he can get both the front and back doors tackled at the same time so we can bring both construction doors back together.

so the main projects were lights and painting. it is wonderful to be able to flip a switch and have lights! we're still a little confused about how things got wired. we have a few spots with covers- no switch, even though we asked for one. not sure why that is either, but figure if we need to bring an electrician in to fix things the way we want them we will at some point. guess that's the danger of doing something far enough away that you can't be there when stuff like that is getting done.

things that help the work go smoothly: the ipod and the reward. the dream catcher is part of steve's snow making kit.

i painted the light colored part of the downstairs walls, touched up around the ceiling edges on the back porch & painted the ceiling in the spare bedroom.

we had another good dinner at the surprisingly busy brew pub. smoked salmon pizza, a good salad & live music! along with a nice cab franc from carmela vineyards.

also painted the sconces.....they will match the walls-

steve tried out the power roller and liked it once he got past the pita edging part.

the living room is painted! we can push the couch back and clear a space in the clutter to sit.

you can tell i was painting the ceiling! camembert freckles-
then, heading home- and back to the gray......