Labor Day Trip

Camping trip over the Labor day weekend.  10 car backups at the Winthrop 4-way stop!

Construction progressing.  Setting up to put in the footings:

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Here is a view in relationship to the new cut for the garage

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Speaking of which here is the cut for the garage and outlines for the footings

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View with trees sanding on the big pile of dirt they excavated.

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Speaking of which the excavation uncovered a ton of pretty large rocks, including this beauty

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Which we hope to have hauled down to the entrance to our lot to put our address numbering on.  Closeup of the rock shows its been moved at some time its geologic past

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On Sunday afternoon I hiked up Lewis Butte (about 700 feet) for a nice view of the site from above

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View of the old Hasse homestead(?)

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Up top with a view back to the Rendezvous

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Obligatory Mt. Gardner photo

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Coming back down with a view of site and Riser Lake

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The fields of grass and brush go for a long ways

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