Arch View

Yesterday dad and I spent a marathon day looking at this property.  We're considering an offer we want to make and exactly how to tweak the contract just right.  In these pictures, you can see some of just about all of the land.  We think that the road to the property goes through the property.  We're asking for a survey of the land in our contract so we can know just where the boundaries are. 

One draw back to the land is little cactus everywhere (shown in one of the shots) but it only grows about 5 inches high.  Dad assures me that it will be easy to clear from the areas we want to place tents in but for general walking around, good shoes that repel pokies are needed. He also found a place that will help us plant more trees and will even pay 75% of the cost... woohoo! The picture of the arch is not on this property but is right off the road on the way to it.  

I also had to take a picture of a friend for James.  It's the picture that looks like nothing but in the middle, right below the bottom larger stick is a little lizard.  :)  

So glad the windows weren't broken... or worse.

Today I went out to take care of several errands. At some point while I was out, my Yukon was invaded. I thought I locked it at every stop and am quite sure I had to use my key to open it each time but I must not have locked it at least once. The stupid theives took my bags of groceries (luckily I spent less than $20 on just a few items), the box of curtains from grandma's (Sonia's) house, a bag of tie-downs and most annoying... my cell phone charger. How Wude!

Kuzcotopia

Yesterday dad and I went in search of our own Kuzcotopia. These first two photos are out past Duchesne, take a right and go another 6 miles on normal road and about another mile on dirt road in a place called Moondance Ranches. It's even better to get to than up at Rockport. It's a nice property because there are 40 acre lots for $1000/acre. The lot in these photos is kind of long and skinny. The best view is the one with the flagged post. Its taken at the back of the lot and so everything you see in the picture is on the lot, even the oil station and pump.

These last two photos are of a place called Tabby Shadows which has 5 acre lots at $5000/acre. It's right off highway 40 about 2-3 miles past Fruitland. These pictures aren't of any lot we were looking at but depict, generally, how it looks at Tabby Shadows. The one with the little shed cabin is funny because there is a rule in the area that you don't have to get a building permit for a shed that is up to 200 square feet. Click on this thing. It's cute and clever... the guy has made it look like a real cabin but it is small enough to not have a building permit.

So the reason I want property is for an investment but I want something we (our family) can enjoy in the meantime to 'get away from it all'. We'll be looking for a little while in search of the 'mountain top that sings'. I'm thinking to put a camping trailer on the property for awhile for me and dad (not sure when a 'cabin' would get built). If we're not there, it can certainly be used by whoever is.

What I want to know is, does going out in the sticks and pitching a tent sound fun to you? With these properties, there is nearby fishing at Starvation and Strawberry reservoirs and I'm sure water skiing could be done there too. The kids would have fun just playing in the water near the shore. We also saw a camperworld close to Strawberry which may be of interest for the Swensen clan. Both pieces of property are easy to walk but have good exploring possiblities. It's not that far away from other things too such as hiking or dinosaurland stuff. There is even a little bowling alley in Duschesne. If one was of a mind, you could even drop down to Castle Valley for the pioneer pageant... it's a good one.

I did see deer at Tabby Shadows but have seen pictures of deer and elk at Moondance. They have rabbit at Moondance too... saw the droppings. That way if you have a bad day fishing, you can always shoot a rabbit for dinner! Of course we'd cultivate wildlife gracing the property by putting in some kind of water trough. Maybe even get them some of that great corn like Uncle Russ does. One of the first things I would want to do is get a 'john'!

Tutti Frutti Dresses: Part Deux

The dresses turned out great! They are so cute and I personally LOVE the sleeves on them... especially Addie's. Her's were a bit different on the pattern I used and I decided to go with them... so Q! So I made the drive to Syracuse today to take them and get pictures. I had no idea what it was like to be Auntie and have children swarm you but I found out today cuz Auntie wasn't there and I was. Oh my goodness! They made me laugh wanting me to do everything they could think of to do. I even played the High School Musical game (actually it was pretty fun) and made chalk pictures. Oh... and way fun for the girls was to have grammie eat lunch over... who knew?

Tutti Frutti Slide Show!