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We're gonna show you some shots of the cabins we built while we were living at the land
full time, and that we've continued to "tighten up" as time has gone by. When people ask about the land they always seem a
bit surprised to hear that we really do have liveable cabins on the place and tho it's very rustic still we lived in these
cabins for years. We're gonna start out with the original one with both outside and inside shots and go on to the individual
cabins. Hope they look as intriguing to you as they still do to us...
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The main cabin looking at it from the south. It's sided with slab wood so it sorta looks like logs but
we could barely manage poles. Logs are Heavy!!
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This is the original cabin with upgrades - see, we have a shower now... and a look at the sink
area and some of the pole construction. It's not a fancy shower but oh so much better than the old wash tub and bucket
of water we used to use.
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This picture above is pretty much the same shot as the one above it. But this was taken in the
dry dry fall (Look at the difference even in the light) and the upper one in the lushness of spring. What a difference a litle
water makes....
This
is a picture of the wood cook stove in the kitchen looking out the back door. If you haven’t ever cooked on a woodstove
you’re missing a real treat. They’re my favorite way to cook.
Above is the rest of the
kitchen, looking towards the sink . The windows on the left look out towards Omak and Okanogan. Nice to look at while preparing
food.
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We call this
the back door, which is funny cause it's the one we use most often. The "deck", loosely named is on the right and affords
wonderful views of the "bowl".
This is the “bedroom”
part of the original space. The “kitchen table” is right in the middle and the bed overlooks the pond, the sweat
and is pointed out like the prow of a ship, which it looks like from below. This cabin is 5 sided with 10 – 12 –
15 ft. sides to it. Definitely a challenging construction method! And it's a wonderful place to sleep - with the window
open you can hear all the pond sounds like you were right next to it.
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Our pact with this first cabin was that the cabin would last as long as we needed it. Apparently we still do, and it’s
still doing fine. Thanks to living in a dry climate things take forever to rot. We used a pole frame construction and have
the poles actually set in the ground, each set on a rock to stop the moisture from coming in at the bottom of the log. We
also took advantage of nature and the loggers' remains. One corner support is actually the dead snag of a tree still rooted
to the spot. Another is a pole notched into a stump left from the logging. And a 3rd is a large crate formerly used to pack
fine paintings for the Seattle Art Museum ( we had a friend working there at the time...) So even with all this scrounged
and re-used material we built a cabin to last 2 decades at least... Amazing!
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