Cabin

I have held off on this post, because we kept having real estate snags thrown in our path, and didn't want to say anything until it was final. But the paperwork was signed yesterday, so here goes.


We bought a cabin!


Is that bonkers or what? Basically, we have been trying to make sure lately that we have been investing our money- 401k and the like. Things have been going really well with Christopher's job, and we wanted to put our money into something. So we talked about land, we talked about duplexes we could rent out, but of course the one that sounded like a lot more fun was land up the canyon. With a cabin, because who wants to drag your stuff up and back every time? I thought that was the dream.


This still sounds so crazy to me! But we found one that is just amazing, was a really great price and, no matter how we crunched it, we are able to afford it- so here goes! The lady selling it is really sweet too.


So, now, the pictures.

The cabin itelf. I love the big decks! It has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, which is great because I think most of the time it will be us inviting another couple to come up with us for the weekend.

This is the "backyard". There is a firepit, a basketball standard, a swing, a table and chairs, horseshoe pit, volleyball net poles, slide, zip line thingy . . . you name it. That's the part we have to mow. My kids loved the slide.



This is my favorite part of the whole place. The stream. We have a litle mountain run-off stream that runs alongside the property, and you can hear the gurgling from inside the house. It is the most peaceful noise!

When we first came to explore the property, we headed back to the rest of the 2 acres, and saw thsese mounds of dirt along a cleared path. "What on earth?"

And then we came to the end of the property and saw the banked turn.

Yup, it's a motorcross track. Now we apparently need dirt bikes. This ought to be interesting.

Anyway, back inside the cabin, I love the kitchen. It doesn't have a dishwasher, but the cabinets are beautiful. This is our front room area.

And the upstairs is just a big open loft area, which is great for cramming lots of people if we ever want to. We liked that it is nothing fancy- just nice and comfortable. It felt kinda like home in that way.

So that's the mini-tour! Full tour available here, for the bored people. We are so excited. We get the keys next week, and will probably be spending the rest of the summer up there.