Halloween! It’s shoulder season and the weather is unpredictable. Events since my last post include a nasty snow storm in Bozeman, progress on the sauna, and a trip to see Wylie. On October 12, when I opened the front door to my house I was treated to 6 to 8 inches of snow and a
Summer has continued into Ocober with temperatures in the 70’s and 80’s. Supposedly, snow is coming soon, so I may have made my last drive up to Skookum this year. I hope so — we can use the snow! The spring has been dry for a month, but the cistern has plenty of water. Recently,
Mark came out for a little longer than a week to help build the sauna shed, plus Tom and Scott came up to help out for a couple of days. We started with only footings in the ground and ended with a mostly completed shed, an excellent week! The above two photos show the start
Progress has been slow this summer. Lately there has been bad smoke and schedules just haven’t worked out. However some inching along continues and I am hopeful for a big push in September when Mark is going to join me. One bay of the porch roof now has tongue and groove installed, making for a
Normally, winter is my favorite season at Skookum but winter didn’t happen this year. I made 3 trips to Skookum since my previous post and the only noteworthy news was the lack of snow. After the debacle of nearly tipping my truck off the road, I have been parking at the bottom of the hill
Ridiculously Stupid… and Phenomenally Lucky! The snow has largely melted out, so I was able to drive to the top of the hill, hitting only a few icy patches. On the way down, however, the ice was particularly slippery and the truck got away from me. As shown below, I was inches from going down