It is the season for Elk

On our way up to saw some more logs into timbers we stumbled upon this site. Most people don't get to see Elk very often or at all, let alone some Calves.
By the time we got out our camera to take a shot half of them were out of range but this should give you an idea of what walks around in the wild here

This was not our first day cutting, but wanted to give you some of an idea of how we get up into the “private land” forest area. Half way up to the sawmill and tree cutting area, you can see Miramonte Reservoir, which you can also few from our future home. The front view will be the Lone Cone and the rear vie will by the Reservoir.

The second picture is a stack of 2x10 cut and put into stacks. This is not the drying location. The lumber will be moved to our house location, stickered and stacked for drying. In addition to the 2x10 we also gut some heavy timbers such as 10x12 rough cut and a bunch of 6x8 rafters at 21 feet

Drivway

the driveway is going in. this picture was taken before the gravel was added. The sub-base gravel will be hauled from our lot. It is was the excavator called dirty gravel. But then again Dirty Gravel is cheap "Free". The only thing i had to pay for on that aspect was the hauling of the dirt to our house site.

The sub-grade is what we will be driving on for the remainder of the construction process. It's not the nicest driveway but it will work until the house is done.