tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5177503613190704215.post-49514687431018373992008-04-02T19:09:00.004-04:002008-06-17T12:02:53.999-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nFELvT_3Gz4/R_Vo-ZzGnGI/AAAAAAAAAJc/kh6P-ZlvAqY/s1600-h/scan0428.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nFELvT_3Gz4/R_Vo-ZzGnGI/AAAAAAAAAJc/kh6P-ZlvAqY/s320/scan0428.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185165967273401442" border="0" /></a><br />I purchased the lot way back in November 1989, and was full of energy to get the project started. The cottage project that is...<br /><br />First came the clearing, which took a full summer of off and on. There seemed to be a lot more black flies then...<br /><br />I had purchased my first chainsaw - I own two of them now!<br /><br />Then hockey happened! With two sons in competitive hockey, a growing career and the dream of the cottage took the back seat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nFELvT_3Gz4/R_Vn2pzGnFI/AAAAAAAAAJU/TcUeeDBjDfg/s1600-h/IMG_0021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nFELvT_3Gz4/R_Vn2pzGnFI/AAAAAAAAAJU/TcUeeDBjDfg/s320/IMG_0021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185164734617787474" border="0" /></a><br />It wasn't until ten years latter that the project got started again. Of course the lot was overgrown again by then so more clearing needed to be done. With a spot cleared, at the top or as I call it 'on the edge' then I hired a feller with a bulldozer and a dump truck to cut a driveway in from the road, and to clear and level where the cottage would go.<br /><br />And the first thing I bought and built for the lot... You guessed it -- a picnic table!<br /><br />More stories from the beginning, coming next!<br />(I have to fill the time while I wait for quotes, estimates and that darn snow to melt!)Gary Gudbransonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216199032133701753noreply@blogger.com