Groundbreaking - Trees, dirt, rocks, and a driveway.

So much going on right now.  I've got a video (below) that covers the exciting details of the groundbreaking, which was on Friday, July 14th.

Really excited about the big boulders and rocks Norm found while clearing the lot.

I love how he set the large, flat rock at the corner of the driveway.  I'm doing some investigation into getting a thick, steel 'KnArrow Haus' logo made that we can epoxy on to the face of the stone to mark the entrance. Worst case, I'll do some house numbers if the price for a logo is too prohibitive.

Still need to finish clearing the trees off the lot where the cabin footprint is and to dig the foundation. Hopefully in the coming week. We also need to get a big 40 yard continer up there to dispose of the trees. And we need some rocks to dump on the driveway to stabilize it. Thankfully, no rain the forecast.

A couple other videos.

This one is from the time lapse camera I mounted on a tree last week. Needless to say, I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the image -- notice the artifacting in the bottom 15% of the screen. Needless to say, that will be getting returned or repaired under warranty.

The next one is just documentation of the drive from the freeway to the cabin. This will show you that it's probably just a little farther than you want to walk in snow shoes pulling a sled with supplied in the winter.

Still trying to finalize the lumber package for the framers.  I've gone around twice with the engineering. Problem is, every time I ask him a question it costs me 110 bucks. (Ouch!)

I have bids in on a metal roof and am reasonbly satisifed with it. Going to go with 22 gauge metal to ensure durability. Probably silver.

It looks like I've got an excavation and septic contractor out of Lake Wenatchee to take on my septic installation. He stopped by Friday morning to eyeball the site, and indicated it would probably be sometime in August.

I'm juggling balls/bids with several different staircase manufacturers to get an internal and external staircase. The internal one will have single, center stringer.  The exernal one will have steel C-beams and aluminum treads to weather the snow. More on those after I get bids finalized.