MOUNTAIN GAITWAY
“Mountain Gaitway” was the blog we kept from 2014 through 2017, from the time we purchased and began developing this property until the time High Country Living went live in 2017. This blog had been hosted on “Blogger”, but since we have left all association with Google, these pages have been integrated with High Country Living. Most of the photos were lost in the transfer, but have been found and re-entered. Have fun looking through the pages of “Mountain Gaitway”.
MOUNTAIN GAITWAY BLOG POST ARCHIVES
SUMMER LIVING
Most mornings lately have been sunny, warm and beautiful. Yesterday I went for an early walk, and loved seeing the morning sun shine through these
IT’S OFFICIAL?
We’re continuing to make progress at the new Golden Gaits Ranch property. There’s a lot of grass in the fields that is just begging to
HAVING A “BLAST”
Many people don’t realize how much work goes into a new property before you can even think about working on building the house. The septic
A FIRM FOUNDATION
Wahoo!! We passed the county inspection for the footers and got them poured! The building inspector and the excavation guy both commented on how much
BASEMENT WALLS
The basement walls are framed and we’re starting to put plywood on the outside. Our friend, Trisha, helped! Here’s a picture from farther back
HOUSE ON A TRAILER
On Tuesday, August 4th, the SIPs panels arrived. The floor, walls and roof of our house were all on a single trailer: The driver unloaded
FOUNDATION COMPLETE
Whew! The foundation is finished and passed inspection with two whole days to spare before the SIPs crew gets here to put up the house
INSTANT HOUSE
After months of planning, reviewing drawings (correcting mistakes on the plan) and getting the SIPs panels made ahead of time the big day has arrived.
GETTING CLOSER TO THE VISION
We went to Colorado Springs to pick up the windows and doors. We installed them and added the overhangs: Here is a pic looking out
THE DUCK STORY
In addition to building the house, we took on 13 ducklings, which arrived June 4th. 13 Ducklings, June 5 They grew, and grew, and at