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February, Leaving So Soon?

2/28/2021

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Just another beautiful day in the neighborhood!
With everything from cabin projects to skiing at an abandoned gold mine, this past month has been a blast!

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Let's See What You Got, 2021

1/31/2021

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Even the morning traffic is beautiful in Alaska!

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Wood Shed Build Video

1/1/2021

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Watch this neat time lapse of the beautiful Alaskan Autumn as Pete builds our wood shed then fills it with firewood

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Holiday Happenings

12/27/2020

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It's high noon on the Winter Solstice as light trickles through the spruce trees.

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Log Frame Loft Video

11/15/2020

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Check out this new video of Pete building the Log Frame storage loft for our garage...

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OctoBurrr

11/2/2020

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Autumn falls into winter as we get our first snow here on the homestead.

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All For Fall!

10/6/2020

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Fall eases in like a good friend who can’t stay away.

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A Gusto!

9/1/2020

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Check out this fun guy!
Much ado about August!

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Goodbye, July!

8/1/2020

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Up comes the tide on Fish Creek
July has gone by in the blink of an eye!


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Compared To A Summer's Day...

7/4/2020

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The town of Seward, Alaska on a gorgeous sunny day
Here in Alaska, we are waist deep in summer!

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YAY for MAY!

5/31/2020

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We slept in one morning in early May and totally missed Spring!


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Hello, Sunshine!

4/30/2020

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It is the end of April and the weather is gorgeous!

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Cabin Build Video

4/10/2020

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Well, he finally finished it! Not the cabin itself, but the video of him building it...

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March Madness

4/1/2020

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The Matanuska River Valley, with the tip of the Matanuska Glacier visible on the left.
Along with March came many new experiences in Alaska!

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Dog Days of Winter

3/5/2020

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Rez and Bear measuring the recent snowfall.
Winter chugs along, as do we! Steady progress has been made on the homestead over the past few weeks. We finally have fresh clean drinking water on tap! What a luxury.

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New Decade: 2020

1/14/2020

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Starting to look like a cabin...
We are back! Back with a big announcement: a new addition was added to our family in November: little Baby Girl!

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October

10/15/2019

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Jobsite is a mess!
It is well into October already, and looking back since our last post, so much has been accomplished on the cabin build. We were on a roll with continuing to get dried in before the colder weather sets in for good.

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Fall in Alaska

9/15/2019

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Dry roof is done and ready for the blue metal panels to finish it off.
We apologize for the delayed post! Things have been busy as we continue to make progress on the cabin.

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Last of the Dog Days of Summer

8/30/2019

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Slingin' rafters like it's nobody's business!
Wow! August is over and July seems like forever ago. Pete and I loose track of time so easily as it flies by. We call this the 'Alaskan time warp'.

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Up, Up, and Away!

8/24/2019

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Success! All four walls are up and secured in place.
We are building upwards! This week Pete built and raised all four walls by himself.

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Two Weeks Worth of Progress on the Cabin

8/18/2019

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Floor joists and stringers in place.
Yikes! About two weeks since our last post. The focus on the cabin, chores and exploring have consumed our time in these weeks. I suppose it's fair to say we didn't come here to sit on the computer or watch TV!

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Hello August

8/4/2019

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Hatcher Pass views on the side of the road.
We received a bit of rain and cooler temperatures this past week which was a blessing!

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Last Week of July

7/28/2019

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Millicent the moose that frequents our property. She has no kids, long legs and long lashes--what a female! In the photo she is standing in our future garage on the house.
This week Pete rented the mini excavator for another couple of days. We used it to dig  a trench to extend the septic line from the RV pad to the site of the future cabin, about 40'. I tried operating the mini excavator and quickly found out it takes a bit of practice to accurately dig a narrow trench.

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Third Week of July

7/20/2019

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About 9PM on the property. The sun doesn't set until around 11PM. Alaska has the slowest summer sunsets!
This past week involved some more decision making and restructuring of build plans. We decided to turn the wash house into a livable cabin for the winter.

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Second Week of July

7/13/2019

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30 of these loads came to deliver the pit run.
​Another week has flown by in the blink of an eye here in Alaska. We finally rode out the record setting temperatures which ended on Wednesday. It's such a relief in so many ways to have cloudy days and temps down into the low 70s and 60s.

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    Hello, I am Melissa, owner of Wild North Design. Recently, my husband and I decided to pick up and move to Alaska. This dream has been a couple years in the making and we are enjoying the journey so far. We love to learn and make all kinds of things. From wood craft, to painting, to vehicles, landscaping, building, exploring...we love it all! We are finding out that Alaska is a great fit for our restless minds and bodies! Excited for what the future holds for our expanding family!

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