50's Travel Trailer almost DONE!

The Windows are in & the exterior is DONE!!

Next-up.....the booth seating, the screen door, cabinet doors & mattresses will go in.  He thinks he'll be done with it in about a week - can't wait!

Refinements

Back to the house plans, with first cuts at elevations, more details added, etc.

Here are some views of the house from different angles:

And scale of the home & bar area relative to a 6 foot tall person to get a feel for ceiling heights, etc.

& now back to the computer model of the house exterior - here'a an ariel shot:

& the front from 2 angels.....

& the back:

zoomed in....

Quite a lot of progress, with next details starting to flesh out the interiors.  Though we're taking a break from more design work over the Holidays.  Not much more on the house plans for a little while :)

We hop you're enjoying seeing things take shape!

& Back to the Travel Trailer...

Some great progress on the trailer - check out the awesome Pink & White Cabana Stripes on the floor - LOVE them!!!  & the refinished side walls are up, too!

No More Living Off The Grid!

I went by our land yesterday - since neither of us had been out that way in a couple months - just to check on things.  Previously, if we were telling people how to get there, it was something like - don't take the left turn after the RR tracks - go straight-ish down the road to the end.  Now, we're all official & stuff with a street sign for our road.  I'm thinking the sign might have happened 'cuz the woman from the county who had to come out & find our land so that we could get a proper street address had to make 3 tries before she found it - haha!

Our good 'ol fried Mr. Donkey was also there to greet me upon arrival, but this time with our fence in place between he & I:

And - I also found piles & piles of mysterious animal poop!  I wasn't sure what it was at first - I thought maybe the Wild Hogs that we hear are around.  But these piles were BIG.  So I took some close-up shots so I could look them up online (don't worry - I'll spare you all the close-ups).  I ID'd 'em last night as just boring old COW poop, so apparently there's a spot back by the creek where cows can get through.  That doesn't both us one bit, as when the tax man decides to come by & he sees cow pies, he'll be leaving our agricultural exemption in place, which saves us many $1,000's in tax $$.  WIN for us!!

MOO!!!!!!!!

Bulldozers & Donkeys

Last week, with the help of a bulldozer, we had 1800' of fence put in on the one side of our property that was not already fenced.















We had nice, rustic cedar posts put in toward the front of the property:

& t-posts later as it goes back into the more tree-covered area. (Word is that the brush will grow back lickity-split after the drought ends).

Made some friends with the neighbor's farm animals along the way, too ;)

Next up.....we'll be seeing first draft home designs from our architect - can't wait!!!!!

Land Ho!

Yep! We're one step closer to making our Texas move - we've got 21 acres in Lockhart, TX & our home site on the land picked out.  YEAH!!!

& We've also picked out the name of our Ranch - Welcome to the Jumpin' Jackalope!