Home Sweet Home

The other day Sally was telling me about a conversation she had with Trent during our visit to Ladner. She was asking if he liked riding bikes, and if he'd like to borrow one when he comes to visit us in Oregon. In case he did want to, Sally also gave Trent a heads up that we don't have any pavement to ride on, only dirt and gravel. She told me that he gave her a kind of look, like he was politely taking part in the conversation but didn't have a clue what she meant by "no pavement."

So it has occurred to me that those of you that have plans to visit here for the first time this summer don't really know what you're coming to. I thought I'd share some pictures of our home and property so you have a better idea.

Here is the house - it's a little cramped for space with 5 of us living here, but it has gotten much better since Loren moved out.



And here is the guest room - where you guys will be staying, unless you'd prefer to camp out under the stars.



This is the wood shed - have to have lots of room for all that wood since fire is the only way we can heat the house.



Here is our clothes dryer, where we hang everything up after we've handwashed it all.

Oh and of course here is our pet turkey, who happened to walk by while I was taking all of these pictures. We call him Tom.

Well everybody should know what this is! It was an adjustment getting used to going outside to "do my business" after enjoying indoor plumbing all those years in Canada.



This is the garage, but as you can see we can't store much in it like you guys do, since the rain and wild animals can get right in there.

There's the gravel driveway, just like Sally said.



Howard keeps a pretty big vegetable garden, which is great since the nearest grocery store takes a few hours to get to.



Well I hope you enjoyed the grand tour! We can't wait for your visits, everyone is so excited!