This is what the garage loked like, to my mother's dismay, for a week or so while I was home in Eastern WA.
I love big snow and glacier covered mountains and lush green forests, but there is a special beauty that E. WA has.
At "home" in E. Wa. I made dinner for my mom, dear friend Mel and her little man, Adam, one night. It was fancy grilled cheese with pesto and rosted red peppers with a side salad of cherry tomatoes, corn, avacadoes with a lime dressing. It was really easy but really yummy.
Me with Mel and Adam. He just turned one and Aunty Becca is teaching him to climb. He climbed a 5.5 on the back step that night.
Adam eating up so he has energy to climb.
I think this was the second night at the cabin. This is the most beautiful part of the property. It is probably about midnight when this photo was taken-note that the sun is still going down. I got here just after summer solstice.
This is the Fishing Shack. Everybody loved it's amazing beauty but we decided to tear it down anyhow. I thought I was going to get to do it all by hand but dad ended up hiring a guy to tear down a bunch of the dead trees on te property, so we had him take down the fishing shack too. It was fun to watch.
The shack going down. I still had to haul all the pieces to the front of the house.
Can you spot the moose in this picture? That is our neighbor's cabin in the background. It is infinitely more beautiful than our place. 
Can you see him now? The neighbor has a salt lick, that's what they're after. 
Working at tearing out the shower. The plastic had cracked all over the place from freezing and thawing so much. When my dad and brother tested the toilet in the spring, they dumped some water in, only to discover that it leaked like a sieve. 
I kind of like the destructive work of tearing things out. But getting all the caulking off the tub was a pain. 
The five gallon buckets are our flushers since we don't have running water yet. If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown, dump it down. This adage appeals to the environmentalist in me as well. But hopefully we will have running water soon. Dad and I have been working on it on the weekends when he is here. I've been learning a lot about plumbing and piping but not enough to try and do any of it without him here. 
This is the view looking inside the front door. Pretty nice huh? We had to pull the washer and wall out to get to the water heater and plumbing.
This is the view from the entry way to the front door. You can see that it has a few skylights. Not so bad in the summer but I'm a bit concerned about when winter hits. One family friend said it looked like an axe murderer was trying to get in. But it's just all the freeze and thaw. Another thing on my list to replace.
We got a fridge that works! Woo hoo. You can see though that it doesn't quite fit under the cupboard. We removed the cupboards though now so it looks better. You can see the hose going through the window. That is our only water source now. The neighbors let us bring it over from their place. It's these two twin sisters that are probably sixty or so. They have let us borrow all kinds of stuff and let me use their shower too. I only take one every four days or so though so I don't wear out my welcome. There aren't many people around though to sniff my aroma.
Only a quarter of an inch to tall.
This spot was a product of the combined effort of my brother and I. I evidentally left the pot holder a little too close to the gas stove and Jared threw the flaming thing on the floor. I thought the metal sink would have been a beter option but I guess you can't think of everything when stuff is on fire. And I do appreciate his quick thinking skills.
This is looking out the window in front of the kitchen table. You can see there is a screened-in porch. It has a roof but it leaks a lot (another good project).
This is the view of the property facing away from the river next to the campfire. The gravely area is where the fish shack was, to the right is the side of the house, to the left (out of view) is the once functional sauna that is now being used as a tool shed.
This is the sauna/tool shed from about the same place as the last picture just facing left. Jared and I want to fix up the sauna to make it usable again but dad wants to just make it a shed, we'll see who wins. I put up the clothes line since we have to pay for a laundromat till we get water but then it rained on and off for four or five days. The last three days have been sunny and warm, it's gotten up to 75 degrees which is pretty good for up here. 
Me hauling some dead trees to the burn pile.
