The battle with the dirt continues.... I thought with a little bit of rain, the dirt factor would be decreased.. just a little bit... Apparently, this, like my desire to have flowers, is a fallacy.. Just not gonna happen... Groan. This was the result of a flash flood running across the road in Panguitch and an oncoming California driver at full speed down main street. Basically a brown shower... (What is with these California drivers?) If you look through the front window, you can see the 4x4's for the stairs, resting on the dash... Giggle..
I was just thinking.. maybe, there's not so much dirt there, as it is we have vehicles that are the wrong colour... just maybe...
Moving forward, we had a Tyvek inspection last Wednesday. On Friday, we still hadn't heard anything, so I called Kane County for the report. The lady that I talked to, pulled our file, and said that we had failed the inspection, and there was additional taping and such to be completed. I was like... "WHAT?" Justin had done such an amazing job, I was really surprised that anything failed. I asked the lady to send me a copy of the report, and after reading it over, several times, I saw that the date on the top of the form was from last December... I called her back, and she said that she didn't know why the inspector had put the wrong date on the form...And, it wasn't just the wrong year, the whole thing was wrong. The date was 12/13/2017... After a little thought, we figured this was a report from the inspection last year - and the updated report wasn't in the file. I asked the lady to have the inspector call Jim, and after a couple of minutes, he did call, and said that we passed... Thank goodness.. had us in a panic for a minute there...
With the Tyvek inspection passing, we are now onto finishing the siding. Justin and Jim worked on starting this project on Sunday.. It was blazing hot, but, they got the starter strip on, and started putting the siding on. I love this siding - I think Jim had a stroke when I picked it out, but, I think it looks amazing.
The major project that Jim worked on Saturday was putting the 2nd set of steps in - that's the steps that go from the main level to the loft. I still haven't made it up to the loft because.. well, I don't do ladders... at all. He got the platform in the sky finished, and next time, he'll start putting the stair treads in. I am so excited. He'll be making the wrought iron angle brackets this week... I think the steps are going to look amazing.
The weekend was a little overcast and cloudy, but it cut the heat down a little bit... On Friday, Panguitch had a "spring water" run off issue due to flash floods... to the point that part of the town was flooded and it really got into the culinary water system. Panguitch was in a "don't drink the water" zone, and families were having to go to Cedar City to get bottled water. But, it was really cool to see how businesses and families outside of Panguitch pitched in to help.. Several businesses in Bryce Canyon, and Hatch had offered free water to the residents, and showers and facilities... The Day's Inn, in Panguitch had all guests shipped off to other facilities because the water was contaminated and not usable. I believe on Sunday, the residents were supposed to purge their water lines, and then start boiling water to drink. But, I'm not quite sure of any further update.
There were clouds on the mountains. King of a quiet, eerie, look.
Jim installed the 2nd light beside the front door over the weekend... I am so excited. Little by little I see the progress - and these lights are so exciting to me... Jim knows to turn them on before taking a picture... makes me feel so stoked..
On Saturday night, at about 2;00 in the morning, Jim told me that there was a HUGE crash.. He was rocked out of bed, jumped so much, that he threw his back out... He turned on the lights, and found that the travel bag that he took his clothes to the cabin in, fell over. We have all sorts of stuff stored in this bedroom, and the bag was on top of one of the headboards... It slowly wedged itself behind the headboard and must have shifted it in the night, and came crashing over. What a way to wake up. Giggle..
The square piece that you can see still balance against the wall, is the glass shower doors for the basement bathroom.
Jim went up to Duck Creek on Saturday morning, to pick up stuff for the cabin, and he met a little lady from California. She and her husband had built a cabin in Duck Creek 36 years earlier. Her husband passed a couple of years ago, but she still comes to Utah in the summers to hang out at their cabin. Jim was totally impressed with some of the antique pieces in her cabin.. I love them..
Click on this shot to see it full size. It's beautiful.
A couple of weeks ago, we purchased black granite for the counter tops in the kitchen.. it's beautiful. It's taken us a little bit to get it home because the pieces are incredibly large and HEAVY! Our little trailer doesn't like two so much...and we bought five pieces. But, we've now got it home. We bought it from a guy in Salt Lake who was renovating an office building, and this black granite was a single piece 30 plus feet tall from a fountain in Orem, Utah. I am excited to put it in the cabin. It's absolutely beautiful. It is black with grey streaks running through it. I think we have more than we need!
When we drive to the cabin, the trip usually takes us about 3.5 hours. We typically make a stop in Scipio, Utah, which is about an hour and a half from our house in Provo. At that rest stop, there is a gas station, and convenience store, and a tire shop and a Dairy Queen. What is so funny, is that the Dairy Queen has the most interesting hours. If it's the middle of the day, and the owners feel like going fishing, the store is closed... And, there is even a sign that says something to the effect that they are not sure about the hours - but, if the store is open, you can come in, and if it's not, you can't... very strange... But, I guess it works for them.. Last night, on the way home, Jim stopped in Fillmore, Utah, which is about 1.5 hours from the cabin. All the signs at the Burger King in Fillmore exit 163, say that their hours are until 10 at night... and sometimes, it's been a close call for us... giggle. So, Jim pulled into the drive thru, and they are about to close, and it's 8:00. He pulls up to the drive through, and they say they can't take credit cards at the drive thru because the machines are uploading new software... He thinks to himself, "Ok, I'll go inside".. he goes in the Burger King, and is told that they can't take a card inside the store either... only cash... He reaches in his pocket and pulls out a $5.00 bill.. orders a Whopper...tells her to keep the change..(which was .03) scrounges around for some change to get a drink.. comes up with $1.50 and, I think the girl behind the counter just felt sorry for him, because she gave him a drink cup, and didn't charge him... Giggle.. Maybe, when we become "locals", we'll understand the closing policy in these stores... but, for the life of me, I can't figure it out now... Giggle.
Well, while Jim was working on the cabin, I was working a little more on my glass. Really had a problem with a couple of pieces - they just didn't want to co-operate... So, I didn't get as far along as I wanted, but, did make a little progress.
As before, the adventure continues.
Jim and Cheri
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