House & Shop

Twas a pristine last day of January. Beautiful calm clear weather. Here are some current photos of the project.
April says the shop is "pointing" to the north. I see what she means.

House & Shop

Shop nearly framed, house foundation will be poured tomorrow.

Breaking Ground

We've broken ground on a new house & detached garage/shop on Lot 21. As you can see the shop is half framed already, and the foundation has been dug for the house (has a thermal blanket over it at the moment).

The house is 3,200 sq ft. It sits in the elbow of the vineyard with the great ridge-top view over the field below to the lake & mountains beyond.

I'm more excited about the shop. Now I gotta get a tractor.

Drilling a Well

Construction is beginning on a new custom home on Lot 21. The first step was drilling a well. Mitch Mathews did the drilling. He's been doing it for 32 years in Moses Lake and has a good reputation.

He started at 8 am and was done by 2:30 that afternoon. Drilled 175 feet and hit good water - roughly 85 gallons per minute, many times more than a household can use.

The cost for the well was $7,000, including tax. The pump will cost another $3,300 or so, installed.

Cave B

Mike & Bum came up and we spent a most pleasant couple of days soaking up North Central Washington.

Spent the nite at Cave B, at the gorge. (This is the view from our room.) After dinner we lay on our backs for 45 minutes and wondered at the stars.

The next day we drove up the river road, the palisades and Rock Island, Cashmere ("I love apricots!"), Leavenworth (Icicle Brewing Co), Blewett Pass and back home.

Gorgeous weather and great company.

Just starting to turn

Cab Franc

They'll be turning color - known as "veraison" - shortly.