Progress at Point Roberts

This has been a momentous year for Tom and me in many ways, but the biggest has to be that we broke ground for our new home at Point Roberts. And when I say we broke ground, boy, did we ever! We cleared about a third of the lot (seems like more, but some of it was already cleared). We had a culvert and service road put in and an infiltrator in-ground pump septic system installed. We had our main driveway culvert installed. We had the slash burned down and the ground graded. We have a huge pile of logs waiting until we move in and want to light a fire in the fireplace (we’ll be looking for friends with chain saws then).

Now we’re ready to move ahead some more. Our blueprints have been engineered for wind and seismic. We are currently having them engineered for radiant floor heat, plumbing, solar hot water, and solar electric. We’re ready to buy the water meter. We’re working on getting our Seattle home ready to sell – decluttering, repairing, cleaning, painting, landscaping and decorating.

And I’m working on getting my new job down pat, so I can convince my new manager that I can do my job just as well if not better from a remote computer at Point Roberts. So I had better get back to work.

I’m looking forward to the day that you, my dear family, can come visit up at Point Roberts and share the wonder of that beautiful place with us. We’ll have guest rooms where you can stay. Maybe we’ll even put up some jungle hammocks. Make sure you have up-to-date passports!

See you day after Thanksgiving. Love you!