First decent snow this year, Ace got the zoomies his first time out.
First Significant Snow of 2021
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Monthly Archives: January 2021
The Gray House Approaches Completion
In these past two weeks it all seemed to come together; the road, appliances, sidewalk, grading and final painting. Very happy with the red color Patty chose for the door, it really sets off the house.
Appliances are all in now, still more to do but we are VERY close. The three propane appliances; hot water heater, stove, dryer should be operational shortly. Now to get the grass planted…
Below are various views of the house, click the picture for a full size view.
Road is in. 
Love the door color. 
Sidewalk 
Parking over on the side 
Deck facing the woods 
Kitchen 
Utility closet 
Far corner is where the wood stove will go 
Stacked washer dryer 
Full bathroom, not ready for christening yet! 
Good size shower 
Full RV hookup 
Large parking pad
Here Comes the New Road to HQ2
Serious work began on the road to HQ2, this is all in preparation for the final loads of finished gravel/stone dust. The cement pad in the middle of the roadway is a ‘spillway’ for the large volume of water that flows out of the field on a heavy rain.
Digging out the spillway 
Dug down further than I realized they would 
Spill way form, 2″ drop from left to right 
Rebar and mesh reinforced 
Had the cement truck, might as well add sidewalks too! 
Getting the cement to the house required the scoop on the skid-steer and numerous trips 
Thats alot of cement 
Handprints? 
Sidewalk is a nice touch 
First ‘crusher run’ of gravel
Another Rogue Chicken Nest
33 useable eggs found in this one. Looks like a varmint might have gotten a few eggs.
First Snow of 2021
We didn’t get more than a coating but it really came down hard.
Septic Installation
The septic system was installed at the gray house. I had no idea how involved this would be. The tank was 1000 gallons, concrete, and took a large crane to install it. It has an input from the house of course but we also put one up by the RV parking so we could dump our future RVs and/or have a full hookup right there at the house.
The drain fields were much bigger than I expected. Instead of gravel they use what looks like ‘styrofoam’ peanuts surrounding the lines which I guess helps distribute the water around the fields. Pictures below show the various parts of the installation.
Septic tank delivery 
That puppy weighed about 12,000 pounds! 
Precisely placed with respect to level and drop from the house. 
Distribution box 
Drain field lines, those are styrofoam peanuts 
Drain line installation 
One trench for dump line to septic, the other for electric & water to RV hookup. 
Another view of dump station line.
