My Journey
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Love the table build. Fits right in with the interior.?
Well, I got side tracked and forgot to check in. Getting it all in one reading was the best. Will he, Won't he, move into the cabin? The envelope please. Awe, I picked the winner. All kidding aside, I figured you would. You will be on the road again
As far as the furniture, weathered wood is the best. I look at those pieces and they look like some well known furniture builder. As far as the walls, well I'm a lover of aged wood.
The dogs definitely deserve to be lazy. Keep posting on your projects.
As far as the furniture, weathered wood is the best. I look at those pieces and they look like some well known furniture builder. As far as the walls, well I'm a lover of aged wood.
The dogs definitely deserve to be lazy. Keep posting on your projects.
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
Explorer
Ace.....the black boards are "stained" with a solution that I make.....I use black chalk line & mix it with water. This technique allows me to have an endless number of colors.....simply depends on the amount of chalk line & water that I choose to use. Thank you.....
tgil.....when I was young, I really only had two dreams for my life.....endless travel & a small log cabin. In some ways my dreams came true.....not exactly what I envisioned but I take what I get. The weathered wood is my substitute for real logs. Thank you.....
mekcanix (John).....thanks so much.....obviously there will be less & less to post as time goes by. I'm starting to settle in.....becoming complacent one might say.....and beginning to wonder if that's a good thing or not.....
JD.....thanks & will do. Your post reminded me of the morning I had coffee with Ace in Colorado. I think it may have been in November, we were both trying to guess if I'd return to Montana early that season or if I'd continue traveling. Ace said he wanted his money back (he bought my coffee) if I cut the trip short. Well, you know how that one played out.....my coffee was free.....
So this will be the last post for the inside of the cabin.....
Now I'm not much of a kitchen guy so it seemed to me that three kitchen cabinets would be more than enough.....
Well, it really wasn't, so I decided that I needed to turn part of the coat closet into a food pantry.....
So the first task at hand was to line that coat closet with more weathered wood.....
Then I built myself some shelves on one side.....
Honestly.....it came out just perfect.....
Next up was giving that free leather couch a bit more love.....in the next picture you see the left side of the couch treated (it has a bit of a shine).....
The guy that gave me that couch said it had been in his family for over 20 years.....I have to wonder when that leather was last treated.....looking much better now.....more treatment to come.....
So that's all I've got for the inside.....
.....but there's plenty going on outside too.....
Welcome to our cabin.....it ain't much.....but it's our home.....
tgil.....when I was young, I really only had two dreams for my life.....endless travel & a small log cabin. In some ways my dreams came true.....not exactly what I envisioned but I take what I get. The weathered wood is my substitute for real logs. Thank you.....
mekcanix (John).....thanks so much.....obviously there will be less & less to post as time goes by. I'm starting to settle in.....becoming complacent one might say.....and beginning to wonder if that's a good thing or not.....
JD.....thanks & will do. Your post reminded me of the morning I had coffee with Ace in Colorado. I think it may have been in November, we were both trying to guess if I'd return to Montana early that season or if I'd continue traveling. Ace said he wanted his money back (he bought my coffee) if I cut the trip short. Well, you know how that one played out.....my coffee was free.....
So this will be the last post for the inside of the cabin.....
Now I'm not much of a kitchen guy so it seemed to me that three kitchen cabinets would be more than enough.....
Well, it really wasn't, so I decided that I needed to turn part of the coat closet into a food pantry.....
So the first task at hand was to line that coat closet with more weathered wood.....
Then I built myself some shelves on one side.....
Honestly.....it came out just perfect.....
Next up was giving that free leather couch a bit more love.....in the next picture you see the left side of the couch treated (it has a bit of a shine).....
The guy that gave me that couch said it had been in his family for over 20 years.....I have to wonder when that leather was last treated.....looking much better now.....more treatment to come.....
So that's all I've got for the inside.....
.....but there's plenty going on outside too.....
Welcome to our cabin.....it ain't much.....but it's our home.....
Sticky9
Member
The cabin is looking great... everything fits so well. I'm just getting back from 3 weeks out in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee. Did a fair share of rock climbing and cliff jumping. Good times. However, I'm beginning to think I'm getting too old for the big cliff jumping part. Stopped at a friends lake house on Lake Martin and did some skiing and realized how out of shape I am. Time to get back to pounding out the miles running. Glad to see you are still posting here and hope all is well up that way. I've got a nice trip up to Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana coming up at the end of the month. I can't wait! My mom is actually going to fly into Bozeman and spend a week with me "to do the things I'm always out doing" 
. Coming from a small country town in La my family aren't big travelers, just simple country people so it's a big deal. Anyhow, as always, thanks for the posts.
. Coming from a small country town in La my family aren't big travelers, just simple country people so it's a big deal. Anyhow, as always, thanks for the posts.
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
Explorer
halseyt.....my pleasure.....thanks.....
Sticky9.....when I see Alabama, I immediately think Alabama Hills so that took me by surprise. Your trip(s) sound great so you should posts a few pictures at the least.....I think we're all ready for travel pictures.....enough with this interior decorating ! And.....thanks.....
Just Another Morning in Montana.....
Sticky9.....when I see Alabama, I immediately think Alabama Hills so that took me by surprise. Your trip(s) sound great so you should posts a few pictures at the least.....I think we're all ready for travel pictures.....enough with this interior decorating ! And.....thanks.....
Just Another Morning in Montana.....
Sierra Valley
Wander
Yes time for Jerry to hit the road!
The cabin looks great--you missed a great career as a builder!
My point on "taking a trip and never leaving the farm" was less a comment on how things may have to slow down some (and for better or worse, most of us experience some degree of slowing down before checking out entirely) than it was a note that having a long view as you do, one of the great things is that you can look at it for hours and hours every day, and never see exactly the same aspects of the terrain, vegetation, snowpack, wildlife, signs of human activity. Long range mountain views are always changing, so those who choose to stay close to home or can't get out and about for whatever reason, can always enjoy "a trip without leaving the farm".
All the best,
Foy
My point on "taking a trip and never leaving the farm" was less a comment on how things may have to slow down some (and for better or worse, most of us experience some degree of slowing down before checking out entirely) than it was a note that having a long view as you do, one of the great things is that you can look at it for hours and hours every day, and never see exactly the same aspects of the terrain, vegetation, snowpack, wildlife, signs of human activity. Long range mountain views are always changing, so those who choose to stay close to home or can't get out and about for whatever reason, can always enjoy "a trip without leaving the farm".
All the best,
Foy
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
Explorer
Ace.....I was working in the barn a few days ago and thought I should share this with you (knowing of your love for bicycles).....
That was my rig years ago.....here Trapper is filling in for Yukon as she was the one that actually road in that trailer.....
She was just a pup when she took her first trip.....
And the following picture is simply a picture of a hole that Yukon chewed into the trailer webbing so that she could have better views.....what fond memories it brings to me of her nose sticking out of that hole and her eyes pressed against the mesh.....those too, were the days my friends.....
JD.....yep.....the cabin turned out much better than I ever thought it would. And I could never have predicted how lucky I was to having a hoarder live nearby. It really paid off the four years I spent helping him out. I have the freedom to take whatever I need whenever I want.....thanks.....
Arjan.....I've slowed down this year but we continue to make progress.....thanks.....
Foy.....I understand completely your point(s) and it's just that I struggle to move into the next phase of life.....20 years of unemployment and mostly excellent health has spoiled me. I've always struggled with fitting into the mainstream American lifestyle so I would imagine that things will not change for me anytime soon. This paragraph written by George B. Schaller in Stones of Silence, Journeys in the Himalaya best describes who I am.....if you haven't read the book, you sure should.....
''Descending from the heights we met the first blade of grass and the first flower, and finally the slopes were hairy with sage brush. Perhaps our passage from the cold upper reaches to the familiar earth had been too rapid; as I looked back at the lonely peaks, then at the huts and fields below where people groped their whole lives away. Torn between contentment and longing, caught between two worlds, one that possessed me, yet could never be more than a passing phase, and that other which is a part of human existence, I yearned to retain my dual identity."
Sierra Valley.....we actually had plans for an overland expedition ? heading over to the Beartooth Highway, then heading west and passing through Yellowstone National Park, then heading south into the Tetons, and then further south to visit friends in Jackson, Wyoming, all before I started physical therapy. The Beartooth Highway had mostly been cleared but then we got massive amounts of snow.....so much so that the road crews said it was too dangerous to clear the highway again due to avalanche activities. Now I'm not sure what our plans are.....the photo below was taken by highway crews recently.....
So yesterday I actually started physical therapy.....my prognosis is good. Unfortunately I complicated things a bit when I slipped on a ladder while installing 2"x6" weathered boards for trim on the barn.....my right knee is now injured and movement is further challenged.....
So with our trip postponed we mostly hang out and get drunk.....sometimes we pass out on the couch.....
.....and sometimes on the floor.....
During the day we're out in the yard picking up our beer bottles and nursing our hangovers.....and that's our story and we're sticking to it.....
That was my rig years ago.....here Trapper is filling in for Yukon as she was the one that actually road in that trailer.....
She was just a pup when she took her first trip.....
And the following picture is simply a picture of a hole that Yukon chewed into the trailer webbing so that she could have better views.....what fond memories it brings to me of her nose sticking out of that hole and her eyes pressed against the mesh.....those too, were the days my friends.....
JD.....yep.....the cabin turned out much better than I ever thought it would. And I could never have predicted how lucky I was to having a hoarder live nearby. It really paid off the four years I spent helping him out. I have the freedom to take whatever I need whenever I want.....thanks.....
Arjan.....I've slowed down this year but we continue to make progress.....thanks.....
Foy.....I understand completely your point(s) and it's just that I struggle to move into the next phase of life.....20 years of unemployment and mostly excellent health has spoiled me. I've always struggled with fitting into the mainstream American lifestyle so I would imagine that things will not change for me anytime soon. This paragraph written by George B. Schaller in Stones of Silence, Journeys in the Himalaya best describes who I am.....if you haven't read the book, you sure should.....
''Descending from the heights we met the first blade of grass and the first flower, and finally the slopes were hairy with sage brush. Perhaps our passage from the cold upper reaches to the familiar earth had been too rapid; as I looked back at the lonely peaks, then at the huts and fields below where people groped their whole lives away. Torn between contentment and longing, caught between two worlds, one that possessed me, yet could never be more than a passing phase, and that other which is a part of human existence, I yearned to retain my dual identity."
Sierra Valley.....we actually had plans for an overland expedition ? heading over to the Beartooth Highway, then heading west and passing through Yellowstone National Park, then heading south into the Tetons, and then further south to visit friends in Jackson, Wyoming, all before I started physical therapy. The Beartooth Highway had mostly been cleared but then we got massive amounts of snow.....so much so that the road crews said it was too dangerous to clear the highway again due to avalanche activities. Now I'm not sure what our plans are.....the photo below was taken by highway crews recently.....
So yesterday I actually started physical therapy.....my prognosis is good. Unfortunately I complicated things a bit when I slipped on a ladder while installing 2"x6" weathered boards for trim on the barn.....my right knee is now injured and movement is further challenged.....
So with our trip postponed we mostly hang out and get drunk.....sometimes we pass out on the couch.....
.....and sometimes on the floor.....
During the day we're out in the yard picking up our beer bottles and nursing our hangovers.....and that's our story and we're sticking to it.....
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Sierra Valley
Wander
Lawn looks good! I was reading about the bear tooth getting dumped on again wish we had some of that down here in Tahoe its gonna be a dry summer. Hope the healing goes good!
