Cabin Tour

I thought you might like to see the cabin. We bought the

property in 2003, just as an investment. We had a cabin

that we hadn't been using much and really didn't need

another. But how many chances do you get to buy

lake front property in the mountains?

Just land no structures, but a lot of work. Downed trees,

brush, cleaning in general. After two years of working

weekend, sleeping on the ground and using the neighbor's

bathroom there had to be a change! It would be years

before we would build a cabin, we would just build a

garage with a bathroom and "storage"

"So we're storing a cabin up stairs"

The down stairs is the garage were we keep every thing,

fire wood, tools, suppliers, and "A Full Bathroom".

You have to go up stairs to the main living area. The

building is 24 x 24 and the one room has it all. Kitchen,

Dinning, Living and Bedroom and a loft up stairs were

the kids sleep when we're all here .

The one room reminds me of the cow camp we lived

in when I was a kid, though I think mom would disagree.

It has all the comforts of home the cow camp didn't.

I was going to cover the valances over the windows with

saddle blankets till I saw the price of them, so I used rugs.

JS hung them up with "nails" so I put spur rowels on

the nails to be more decorative.

Our "Art Collection" going down the stairs, I like

western, cowboy and wildlife the most.

Bev Doolittle is one of my favorites.

This is actually a napkin from the Yuba- Sutter Cattle

Woman with brands from all the ranches in their

counties. It has my great grandfathers, grandfathers,

two great uncles and an uncles brands on it.

I thought it made a nice keep sake so had it framed.

This picture I bought the day of our 30 anniversary up

in Quincy. JS had business there, so I tagged along. I was

walking around window shopping and found this gallery

with all kinds of western art, I liked this one. It somehow

reminded me of my life. The rider is me, the

horse is my life, you might note, we're looking in opposite

directions. That about sums up 30 years with JS.

We have the same goals in life, just on different trails.

Well this concludes our tour for the day and you may

make your donations to.................... ;-)