Stewart's Corral

Photo Album - from Curlew Lake to Kettle Crest
1st year and building
NE Washington state
page 6
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2002.Feb.12
Moved in. One trailer.
"Only" 8 inches of snow.
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2002.Apr.04
Progress in building: 2 cabins & 2 tents up.
Motivated by living in travel trailer in this climate!
Ever tried to keep the water and fluids flowing in winter??

Question: What is the R-value of a trailer with 1.5 inch thick walls?
Answer: Not enough

2nd question: What is the R-value of the holding tank?
Answer: zero
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2002.Jun.04
2 months later: 4 cabins up. Looking SSE up Lambert Crk. valley
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2002.Sep.10
Planning garage / shop.
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2002.Sep.17
View of cabins.
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2002.Nov.25
Garage/shop walls going up, looking N
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2002.Dec.03
Roofing. Today's high temperature was 32.2°F
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2002.Dec.31
9" of accumulated snow.
Milking outside is not what could be called Fun.
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2002.Dec.31
Goat shed attached to garage/shop, looking ESE
goats are finally out of the tent!
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2003.May.28
Building forms for house foundation & walls
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2003.Jun.02
Concrete pour requiring pumper from Gallup's Concrete Pumping
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2003.Aug.21
Trusses going up.
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2003.Aug.23
Trusses in place, garden growing well, hillsides dried out.
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2003.Sep.16
Windows are all in, next is finishing the outside before winter.
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2003.Oct.11
Painting progress made possible by the weather being warmer than normal this autumn.
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2003.Nov.02
Painting halted by arrival of winter. This angle looks done (on the outside).
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2003.Nov.02
Placed last water line and filled last ditch before ground freezes.
The autumn colors are nearly gone as the snow and this week's windstorm herald the arrival of winter.
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2004.Jul.09
Garden growing, summer has finally arrived: hillside is now drying out.
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2004.Aug.03
Not so dry today! 2.4 inches of rain in thunderstorm downpour lasting 1½ hours
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2004.Aug.13
Garden really growing.
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2004.Jan.06
Artic freeze, coldest snap since winter of 1996, breaks record low.
Thermometer shows Max and Min for the day.
Reports of -30 to -40 in the valley.
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2005.May.29
Begin foundation for barn.
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2005.Jul.11
Making our own cement to fill foundation.
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2005.Jul.25
Cabins sold and moving out.
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2005.Jul.28
Foundation done.
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2005.Aug.24
Walls going up.
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2005.Aug.28
Roof going up.
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2005.Aug.30
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2005.Nov.06
Sunbreak on new snow.
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2005.Dec.02
7+" of snow.
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2006.Jul.01
Siding completed.
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2010.Oct.05
An update showing autumn colors in the apricot tree.
Half of garden is harvested and cleaned up.
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Weather charts, including: temperature high,low since 2002.Feb
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