First Day of Spring 2015

First day of Spring, and a nice mid 70’s day on the property, so we headed up with a couple key projects in mind.  Knowing that we have a very busy ‘building’ summer ahead, we want to make the property as ‘convenient’ as possible when we visit.   Some major things we had in mind, is cooking, cleaning, and a spur of the moment ‘eating’ project.

We had a nice heavy load in the Jeep on this trip; a picnic table kit, 16 16″ concrete blocks, and 44 red bricks.  woohoo.  After loading all of that in the Jeep Friday night, we headed out Saturday morning.

Upon arrival, it was offload time:
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Let the fun begin.  Sheralee worked on assembling our new outdoor stove/cook top.  We wanted to raise it up off the ground to provide a better area of cooking, ease of use really.

Old Cooking Method
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New Cooking Method
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We used this thing all weekend, and man what an improvement!!!  This outdoor stove is awesome!  Just makes life so much easier when you can stand up and do the cooking.  Before we were having to bend over or squat down to get things done.  Definitely, NOT efficient.

While Sheralee worked on the cooking stove, I worked on getting rid of the standing water we started to see around where our water is and where we do the dishes at.  I created a sloped mote, and filled it in with rocks, while using one of my dad’s great mats to cover the draining area.  Works like a champ!

Old water draining method
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New water draining method
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Next we are adding an outdoor storage cabinet to remove all of these bins that we have to keep lugging around and opening/closing to find the right items.  Definitely MORE efficient.

Lastly, I assembled this awesome picnic table from a kit we got at the Depot.  We had been looking at plans, kits, and pre-assembled ideas.  All were costly, and for what?  We found an awesome deal at the Depot and sprung for one.  It is made out of fir, and we are sealing it this next weekend…looks awesome and makes enjoying our fantastic meals all that much better!!

Here is an overview of the finished items from on top of Rusty:
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Some other cool things while we were up there.  First is every night on the property is absolutely amazing.  The amount of stars we enjoy is incredible, mind blowing.  I didn’t take any pictures of the stars…..just google it, but I did catch this just after sunset.

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And then saw these yahoos there too….yes, a little chilly at night still.
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