Leaving our Little Cabin

So I just realized that I haven't posted a photo of the house we live in...yes..the one we are about to move out of. I was out the other evening walking around with my camera as a full moon lit up the sky. I really liked this picture of our house so I thought I would share :-) The lights on upstairs are in the closet/bedroom area. The kitchen is in the back and the living room in front. It is a great little log cabin with lots of character! Most already know that we are headed back to SC and now we have set a leaving date. Of course, things are always subject to change, but we are putting our stuff...somehow we have accumulated A LOT...on the barge on Tuesday (Nov. 10th) and then riding the boat out on Wednesday (Nov.11th). The plan is to pack our truck in Chelan on Wednesday afternoon and start traveling on Thursday (Nov. 12th). I will let you do a little math to figure out when we'll hit east coast time...just know if takes 5 -6 days to get there if we site see just a little :-) See you there!

Tumwater Bridge

Steven has been hauling rock and rigging rocks for the past two week as work for the Tumwater bridge project. The bank supporting one end of the bridge has been washing away and they are using rocks to build it back up. All the rocks were hauled up lake from Chelan on the barge, transferred to dump trucks, and carried up the road for the project. Just thought I would post a few pictures since it has been consuming a lot of Steven's time recently.

Community

A favorite for us in Stehekin is hanging out with the awesome members of this community! On Sunday night, Jake and Dawn (and Ray and Baby) had us over for dessert and popcorn. It was great fun to spend time with friends and over some great food too! Everyone lives so close in Stehekin we see our friends on a regular basis, especially in the Fall and Winter when work schedules are more laid back. So..here we have from left to right...Chelsea, JB, Ray, Jake, Dawn, Heidi, Reed, and Steven. We are going to miss you all and hope to keep in touch forever with lots of visits in the future :-)

Happy Halloween

It is an annual tradition in Stehekin for the kids to make game booths and overdose on candy at the Fall Festival for Halloween. We were able to go this year and had a blast! Chelsea and I dressed up as "injured" rock climbers....a few falls were the list of our concerns though as we were tied together all evening. Steven went in his park ranger attire recently acquired at the local mall (aka compactor). It was great fun to play games and watch the kids in costumes. The night concluded around a fire outside with the local school teacher reading stories to everyone.