Month: April 2024

A mild winter in the U.P. made it possible to squeeze in an extra trip to finish up a few small projects and schedule inspections. We stayed at the Birch at Hiawatha Cabins as we didn’t want to open the RV this early in the season.

First order of business: finalize and test plumbing.

After a successful test, we were ready for the inspection! One small change was needed, but the end result was success!

We celebrated our plumbing success with a worthy trophy.

With one day before the building inspection, we completed some small jobs, took a short hike, and did some planning for future work.

Friday afternoon, we met with the building inspector. He reminded us that it had been 6 years since we started this process!! If you’ve followed the blog, you know we have done this ourselves, with help from friends and family, at the speed of cash. It has required patience and perseverance. What started as just a dream, turned into sketches and now this.

We celebrated with dinner at the Buckhorn and an early departure this morning. Next trip, we will be getting closed cell insulation installed and after that, we are planning for Dry Wall Summer! Hooha!! J+M

As we start spring of 2024, it occurred to me that I neglected to post our final trip up to the cabin. At the end of September, we headed up north one more time for inspections, closing up the trailer and final tasks. This trip we brought one more set of hands and three supervisors.

The weather was perfect for working outside. We got the metal roof installed on the porch.

Smaller projects were also completed.

We did have a chance to have a little fun in between projects.

Inspectors visited. Some good news, some bad news.

With many tasks completed, and the air getting cooler, it was time to close up camp for the year.

Fall down seven times, get up eight. As I write this blog post, we are headed up for another shot. The final sunset of the season reminds us that a new day will come with more projects, more progress and more memories. Hooha!! J+M