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Buying several Kubota tractors, building a Camp, and maintaining 69 acres of recreational/hunting property.
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I'm so sorry to hear this! Kudos to you for doing everything in your power to make her time spent with you wonderful.
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08_03_2026
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08_04_2026 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
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08_18_2026
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^^^ Thanks for asking.
I am still above ground, breathing, eating & sleeping.
It's too soon for me to push up any flowers from below. It isn't time yet, I have things to get done!
Many new chores & tasks to do, mailing out death certificates, transferring accounts/bills into my name.
Endless phone calls, arranging a Funeral, planning a Celebration of Life event at a local Fire Station.
Phone calls/visits to the caterer, picking out a menu.
Lawyer visits, notarized paperwork. Good thing I am retired or I would be very busy.
The house is pretty darned quiet.
Thankfully, I have supportive friends and family nearby.
Her dog is gradually coming to terms with "Mommy" being gone.
He's a very good listener, but he doesn't talk very much.
Her parents visited quite frequently. We stored many totes of their belongings here at the house.
That way, they could easily visit their daughter and grandchildren in upstate New York and fly here
without bringing any checked luggage. For all the different seasons here, they had everything they needed already here when they arrived. This trip, they drove from Florida with their pickup truck, so everything stored here now needed to return back to Florida. When they departed several days ago, the pickup was packed to the ceiling in the four door cab and the bed was stuffed. They will fly back here in late September for their daughters Funeral.
Photo of her very nice dog, a true blessing and an excellent companion and little sentinel.
Nothing happens inside the house or outside, without a little "huff" and growl.
Mini-Bulldog, 3/4 French Bulldog, 1/4 Old English Bulldog. Once he hit three years old,
the LAZY genes from the Old English Bulldog bloodline kicked in.
IMG_20260409_211835 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
Oh wait, that's the bear, not the dog.
This is the dog, and he is a very good boy!
IMG_20250125_144314 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
Progress at the cabin is continuing, water systems upgrades are completed outside, just some simple interior plumbing remaining. I'm still working on selling the house and I hope to be moved into the cabin full time/all four seasons by no later than November first. Just about the time the snow falls here.
Lots of tasks, so little time!
I am still above ground, breathing, eating & sleeping.
It's too soon for me to push up any flowers from below. It isn't time yet, I have things to get done!
Many new chores & tasks to do, mailing out death certificates, transferring accounts/bills into my name.
Endless phone calls, arranging a Funeral, planning a Celebration of Life event at a local Fire Station.
Phone calls/visits to the caterer, picking out a menu.
Lawyer visits, notarized paperwork. Good thing I am retired or I would be very busy.
The house is pretty darned quiet.
Thankfully, I have supportive friends and family nearby.
Her dog is gradually coming to terms with "Mommy" being gone.
He's a very good listener, but he doesn't talk very much.
Her parents visited quite frequently. We stored many totes of their belongings here at the house.
That way, they could easily visit their daughter and grandchildren in upstate New York and fly here
without bringing any checked luggage. For all the different seasons here, they had everything they needed already here when they arrived. This trip, they drove from Florida with their pickup truck, so everything stored here now needed to return back to Florida. When they departed several days ago, the pickup was packed to the ceiling in the four door cab and the bed was stuffed. They will fly back here in late September for their daughters Funeral.
Photo of her very nice dog, a true blessing and an excellent companion and little sentinel.
Nothing happens inside the house or outside, without a little "huff" and growl.
Mini-Bulldog, 3/4 French Bulldog, 1/4 Old English Bulldog. Once he hit three years old,
the LAZY genes from the Old English Bulldog bloodline kicked in.
IMG_20260409_211835 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on FlickrOh wait, that's the bear, not the dog.
This is the dog, and he is a very good boy!
IMG_20250125_144314 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on FlickrProgress at the cabin is continuing, water systems upgrades are completed outside, just some simple interior plumbing remaining. I'm still working on selling the house and I hope to be moved into the cabin full time/all four seasons by no later than November first. Just about the time the snow falls here.
Lots of tasks, so little time!
Sounds like you're keeping (extremely) busy but doing way more than just going through the motions. That's great to hear you have a good support network close by as well.
That pup is adorable!
Was the bear from around the property, or was that from another adventure?
That pup is adorable!
Was the bear from around the property, or was that from another adventure?
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The bear pictured above was in my neighbors yard earlier in the year, less than one mile from my home.
It sat in the neighbors back yard, and watched the people taking his photo from the attached deck on their house. It later turned out to be a male (photo evidence) and since the above picture, it has been photographed with a female and several cubs.
My adjoining property owner/neighbor at the cabin got a bear photo on his trail camera system earlier.
I don't know exactly where my neighbors camera is actually set up, but some rough mapping told me it's within about a 1/4 mile from the porch on my cabin. I will need to be very cautious letting that little dog out at night for doing his business outside. The dog is silly enough to try and chase a bear out of "his" yard.
IMG_20260526_210839 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
It sat in the neighbors back yard, and watched the people taking his photo from the attached deck on their house. It later turned out to be a male (photo evidence) and since the above picture, it has been photographed with a female and several cubs.
My adjoining property owner/neighbor at the cabin got a bear photo on his trail camera system earlier.
I don't know exactly where my neighbors camera is actually set up, but some rough mapping told me it's within about a 1/4 mile from the porch on my cabin. I will need to be very cautious letting that little dog out at night for doing his business outside. The dog is silly enough to try and chase a bear out of "his" yard.
IMG_20260526_210839 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
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I got together with my son and grandson last weekend and we got the food plot field bush hogged at the property. I did bury the BX 25 in the mud again. After the last misadventure getting the BX 25 stuck in the mud several years ago, we trimmed out & widened the main woods road going down into the middle of the property so a four wheel drive truck or a large tractor can get in there and do extraction duty.
It was less than one hour and the Toyota Tacoma had the BX 25 pulled out of the mud hole.
It's about seven weeks until the start of rifle deer season. That food plot field will have at least six inches of fresh green grass standing tall for the deer to feed on.
IMG_20260912_223202 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
PXL_20260912_203123064 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
PXL_20260912_203040395 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
09_17_2026 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
09_17_2026_a by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
09_18_2026 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
It was less than one hour and the Toyota Tacoma had the BX 25 pulled out of the mud hole.
It's about seven weeks until the start of rifle deer season. That food plot field will have at least six inches of fresh green grass standing tall for the deer to feed on.
IMG_20260912_223202 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on FlickrPXL_20260912_203123064 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on FlickrPXL_20260912_203040395 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr09_17_2026 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr09_17_2026_a by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr09_18_2026 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
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A big step for getting the cabin ready for four seasons of full time living.
$4500 in spray foam done earlier this week.
The house sale fell apart several weeks before the planned closing.
I will be staying for the winter at the house.
If I stay at the cabin for the winter, the house will need to be heated with heating oil.
I told the well/plumbing guy not to run any water into the cabin from that new well just in case the house sale tanked. With no water inside the cabin, it can set all winter without any heat.
The hunters can bring potable water in multiple five gallon containers as we have done for many years, and heat with firewood while there for hunting season.
If I live at the house for the winter and re-list it with the Realtor in the spring, I can heat the house with wood pellets for around one third of the cost of a winter season of fuel oil.
I just had 150 gallons of heating oil delivered today at the house at $6.03 per gallon.
When heating the house in winter with pellets, the only use for the heating oil is domestic hot water.
I should be able to squeak by using 150 gallons of heating oil and get through the entire winter.
The cabin has 2" x 6" construction for the second story roof trusses, everything else is 2" x 4" construction.
In the last picture you can see the dual well water supply lines and dual well pumps wiring penetrating the cabin floor inside the six inch white schedule 40 PVC pipe. I had the spray foam crew add about a foot of spray foam all around the PVC pipe where it is exposed to air under the edge of the cabin.
PXL_20261007_182051010 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
PXL_20261007_182055925 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
PXL_20261007_182059493 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
PXL_20261007_182246353 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr
$4500 in spray foam done earlier this week.
The house sale fell apart several weeks before the planned closing.
I will be staying for the winter at the house.
If I stay at the cabin for the winter, the house will need to be heated with heating oil.
I told the well/plumbing guy not to run any water into the cabin from that new well just in case the house sale tanked. With no water inside the cabin, it can set all winter without any heat.
The hunters can bring potable water in multiple five gallon containers as we have done for many years, and heat with firewood while there for hunting season.
If I live at the house for the winter and re-list it with the Realtor in the spring, I can heat the house with wood pellets for around one third of the cost of a winter season of fuel oil.
I just had 150 gallons of heating oil delivered today at the house at $6.03 per gallon.
When heating the house in winter with pellets, the only use for the heating oil is domestic hot water.
I should be able to squeak by using 150 gallons of heating oil and get through the entire winter.
The cabin has 2" x 6" construction for the second story roof trusses, everything else is 2" x 4" construction.
In the last picture you can see the dual well water supply lines and dual well pumps wiring penetrating the cabin floor inside the six inch white schedule 40 PVC pipe. I had the spray foam crew add about a foot of spray foam all around the PVC pipe where it is exposed to air under the edge of the cabin.
PXL_20261007_182051010 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on FlickrPXL_20261007_182055925 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on FlickrPXL_20261007_182059493 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on FlickrPXL_20261007_182246353 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on FlickrLooks good. That's unfortunate; the sale fell through, and you'll have to deal with both properties for another winter. Currious what's the reasoning for dual wells?
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The first well was a developed natural spring. Surface runoff can cause water contamination issues.
It was water for washing hands at the sink, watering flowers and gardens, and washing dishes after boiling.
It would also be great for using a pressure washer. It was only a few thousand dollars for the system since no drilling/pounding/steel casing was involved. Additionally, seasonal use of the cabin back then.
Me personally, I would never drink that water straight out of the tap.
The new 101 foot depth pounded well with steel casing brought the water system up to full four seasons usage. The steel well casing is sealed into bedrock with bentonite drilling mud and highly resistant to surface water contamination.
The old system was still 100% operational when the new well was put into service, and it was minimal effort and money to reroute the incoming water supply plastic piping from the dual well pumps into the same PVC pipe where they come out from below ground and penetrate the cabin floor in the kitchen area.
As to the why, redundancy when it comes to life essentials. Just because I could.
It was water for washing hands at the sink, watering flowers and gardens, and washing dishes after boiling.
It would also be great for using a pressure washer. It was only a few thousand dollars for the system since no drilling/pounding/steel casing was involved. Additionally, seasonal use of the cabin back then.
Me personally, I would never drink that water straight out of the tap.
The new 101 foot depth pounded well with steel casing brought the water system up to full four seasons usage. The steel well casing is sealed into bedrock with bentonite drilling mud and highly resistant to surface water contamination.
The old system was still 100% operational when the new well was put into service, and it was minimal effort and money to reroute the incoming water supply plastic piping from the dual well pumps into the same PVC pipe where they come out from below ground and penetrate the cabin floor in the kitchen area.
As to the why, redundancy when it comes to life essentials. Just because I could.
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I love that answer.
We would very much appreciate a year around flowing stream. Unfortunately the only parcel that is a candidate has only a seasonal flow and that would never fly as it is a tributary to a tribal protected spawning grounds for salmon. Oh, and the fact that is a mile away from our home base kind of makes it's utility questionable.
Also, the spray foam was a very smart move. We added approx 5" of spray foam at the roof before the sheathing was put down. We only have 1300 sf but that foam's performance is amazing and all we have for heat is a single wood burner in the main room and we regularly have to open a window or two. No AC needed even when it's triple digits in the summer.
How many SqFt of insulation did they spray in?A big step for getting the cabin ready for four seasons of full time living.
$4500 in spray foam done earlier this week.
The house sale fell apart several weeks before the planned closing.
I will be staying for the winter at the house.
If I stay at the cabin for the winter, the house will need to be heated with heating oil.
I told the well/plumbing guy not to run any water into the cabin from that new well just in case the house sale tanked. With no water inside the cabin, it can set all winter without any heat.
The hunters can bring potable water in multiple five gallon containers as we have done for many years, and heat with firewood while there for hunting season.
If I live at the house for the winter and re-list it with the Realtor in the spring, I can heat the house with wood pellets for around one third of the cost of a winter season of fuel oil.
I just had 150 gallons of heating oil delivered today at the house at $6.03 per gallon.
When heating the house in winter with pellets, the only use for the heating oil is domestic hot water.
I should be able to squeak by using 150 gallons of heating oil and get through the entire winter.
The cabin has 2" x 6" construction for the second story roof trusses, everything else is 2" x 4" construction.
In the last picture you can see the dual well water supply lines and dual well pumps wiring penetrating the cabin floor inside the six inch white schedule 40 PVC pipe. I had the spray foam crew add about a foot of spray foam all around the PVC pipe where it is exposed to air under the edge of the cabin.
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@Tughill Tom,
I don't remember the answer.
I ran the piece of paper that had all the calculations on it through the shredder after deciding on the spray foam.
The cabin has exactly 700 square feet of floor area with the second story being larger than the first floor due to the second story overhanging the front porch.
The 1st floor is 14' x 22' (308sf) and the 2nd is 14' x 28' (392sf)
I had the cabin all measured for insulation square footage for doing a self install of Rock Wool.
That was $2500 just for the Rock Wool materials and installing it with friends and family.
The $2500 did not include the rolls of vapor barrier plastic, or the piano wire insulation retainers.
It would have been a fussy install if I had used Rock Wool.
The second story gambrel roof is 2" x 6" lumber using a thicker Rock Wool insulation and everything else
is 2" x 4" lumber using a thinner and lower R value except for the gambrel roof.
I waffled back and forth for a month about doing Rock Wool or Spray Foam.
The better R value for the Spray Foam eventually outweighed the less than $2000 difference between the two radically different types of insulation.
The Spray Foam contractor I used had actually been inside the cabin previously.
The cabin builder hires the same Spray Foam contractor during the cabin build process.
The shoot the floor on the first story before installing the plywood floor.
They also shoot the second story overhang over the front porch during the cabin build.
Those two locations are done with Spray Foam during cabin construction as they are nearly impossible to get to for insulation installation after the cabin is fully assembled.
I don't remember the answer.
I ran the piece of paper that had all the calculations on it through the shredder after deciding on the spray foam.
The cabin has exactly 700 square feet of floor area with the second story being larger than the first floor due to the second story overhanging the front porch.
The 1st floor is 14' x 22' (308sf) and the 2nd is 14' x 28' (392sf)
I had the cabin all measured for insulation square footage for doing a self install of Rock Wool.
That was $2500 just for the Rock Wool materials and installing it with friends and family.
The $2500 did not include the rolls of vapor barrier plastic, or the piano wire insulation retainers.
It would have been a fussy install if I had used Rock Wool.
The second story gambrel roof is 2" x 6" lumber using a thicker Rock Wool insulation and everything else
is 2" x 4" lumber using a thinner and lower R value except for the gambrel roof.
I waffled back and forth for a month about doing Rock Wool or Spray Foam.
The better R value for the Spray Foam eventually outweighed the less than $2000 difference between the two radically different types of insulation.
The Spray Foam contractor I used had actually been inside the cabin previously.
The cabin builder hires the same Spray Foam contractor during the cabin build process.
The shoot the floor on the first story before installing the plywood floor.
They also shoot the second story overhang over the front porch during the cabin build.
Those two locations are done with Spray Foam during cabin construction as they are nearly impossible to get to for insulation installation after the cabin is fully assembled.
You lost me on that one. Are the shooting from a crawl space with subfloor, or what?
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The cabin is built by a local shed builder at their factory and brought to the final location on a trailer.
The first story is completely built at the factory to the full seven feet ceiling height.
The second story materials are all laid flat on top of the first story so they have a low transport height.
Once set up on the final location, a five man crew erects the pre assembled parts for the second story on top of the first story in one day.
The cabin floor has the structural 2" x 8" lumber skinned below the lumber with a plywood subfloor.
The Spray Foam contractor arrives just before the plywood floors are installed.
They Spray Foam the first story floor filling the spaces between the structural lumber.
(it is sprayed from above)
Once the Spray Foam is cured, they install the plywood floor that you actually walk on.
They do the same with the cabin porch overhang.
Once the cabin was fully assembled, it would be virtually impossible to gain access to those two locations
without actually ripping the floors off for insulation installation.
The first story is completely built at the factory to the full seven feet ceiling height.
The second story materials are all laid flat on top of the first story so they have a low transport height.
Once set up on the final location, a five man crew erects the pre assembled parts for the second story on top of the first story in one day.
The cabin floor has the structural 2" x 8" lumber skinned below the lumber with a plywood subfloor.
The Spray Foam contractor arrives just before the plywood floors are installed.
They Spray Foam the first story floor filling the spaces between the structural lumber.
(it is sprayed from above)
Once the Spray Foam is cured, they install the plywood floor that you actually walk on.
They do the same with the cabin porch overhang.
Once the cabin was fully assembled, it would be virtually impossible to gain access to those two locations
without actually ripping the floors off for insulation installation.