Post 4- Day 2, Hiking and picture day!

Post 4- Day 2, Hiking and picture day!

Joshua and Katie came with me, and we walked the land with the aid of the survey map and located all the sides and corners of it.  The first marker on the left is so far up when we found it we thought it was the end, then we found the next one, then the next one.  It's a lot of land, it's bigger than I thought it was.  It certainly feels bigger hiking it, we're going to make some great hiking trails.  Joshua is now officially "on board".  There are at least 7 separate locations that would make outstanding homesites, I need to get Heather out in her hiking shoes to sit at each one for a few minutes to see which one she likes the best.

So, here's pix!

Just North of the Ridge

My favorite area, on the north side of the ridge.  Lots of easy walking and old growth hardwoods.

This area is going to remain largely untouched, it's just too pretty.

Here's a few different shots from up near the top in that same general area.  It was a little rainy and overcast today.

More in that same area, pretty colors.

Further along, N side

S side of ridge, bit more scrub currently

Nice homesite, S side

Nice spot 2, S side

Josh and the dog, coming back the S side

Frolicking

Nice spot 3, a little lower down the S side

Probably where we'll build

That's it!  Back to work tomorrow, but I was able to get a very good mental feel for the layout today.  It's more land than it looks like on paper, and I'm a little bit excited now.  There's so much preparation work to be done that it's easy to get caught up in the minute details.  Today was very good, it helped me refocus bigger picture again, and reminded me of my desired end result.  It's going to be worth it.