Panguitch, Utah

It's snowy outside, but we are going to be making a trip to Panguitch, Utah this weekend...(Panguitch is about 15 miles from the cabin - it's not a huge town, but it sure is bigger than Hatch, Utah, which is the closest little town to the cabin...) We have a storage unit in Panguitch that we are transferring building materials into.  Today, we're going to move door frames, roof trusses for the garage, the garage door and opener. We already have the parts for a 11 X 8 shed in storage.  Jim has plans to move a whole lot of other stuff - I don't know until I actually see him putting the stuff into the trailer... Exciting times.

Jim says this is what the garage construction is going to look like with the arched roof line.

For Christmas, I bought Jim a mirror from the 1920's - about 30" in diameter. (Jim just asked me if I wanted the radius.. no....)  It has carved glass at the top, very retro.  We are going to put it in the loft bathroom - this is the bathroom that we have the claw foot bathtub for, and the toilet that has the tank that is at the ceiling with the brass pipes and pull chain...  We also bought a brass sconce that looks like a sea shell for that bathroom also.   It is coming together nicely.

Last fall, the temporary power pole went in.  We talked to Kane County to get the electricity turned on, and found out, that as soon as they turn the power on, they charge you $35.00 a month, whether you use it or not.  We don't have access to the property from November to April because of snow load, so we opted not to have it turned on until spring.

We have started working on the package to be submitted to Kane County for our actual building permit.  We don't have to apply for a building permit if we are just doing dirt work - which we spent the last year doing.  This year is going to be actual building.  Jim used his CAD system and mapped out where the cabin is going to be, and the garage, and I got to put in the pergola and fire pit and things like that.  It gave me a better perspective of exactly where everything is positioned on the property.  When we had just 2 lots, I had an idea, but over the past couple of years, while we have been buying the extra lots, the positioning of the cabin changed.  So, it's very exciting.

Life is good... and as we always say, "Another amazing adventure".  I'm glad I get to share the adventure with my Jim.

Jim and Cheri