They're Coming To Take Us Away!

[GloryRyders]

:congrats: on your new project...............I envy you having a log home, I have always wanted one of those for myself. Maybe you can have a housewarming party :cheers: and invite your Spyderlover friends!:dontknow:

 

[retired1]

Congrats Scotty and Nancy on your new adventure!!:thumbup:
John

 

[Lamonster]

:yes::thumbup:

 

[pro10is]

It's exciting projects like this that keep us feeling young. :clap::yes:

Best wishes to you and Nancy on your new home! :thumbup:

 

[IGETAROUND]

Scott,

Can't do much in the way of finish work but I follow directions semi-well and can swing an hammer and climb a ladder with the best of them still. I would be honored to lend a hand when it comes time to work on your pole barn. Let me know:clap:nojoke

 

[mowin]

Sounds like you found a slice of heaven.....Good luck with the adventure...:thumbup:

 

[Littlebadwolf]

Way to go Scotty...Is it in Michigan?

 

[Bob Denman]

So will a Spydery-type event be hosted there as a housewarming party?
Oh! Here's your song... :roflblack:

 

[SpyderAnn01]

Congratulations Scotty. Are you staying in the Kalamazoo area?

 

[d.o.spyder-rts]

Scotty, :congrats: and good luck to you and Nancy on your new project(s). Dale

 

[NancysToy]

Way to go Scotty...Is it in Michigan?

Congratulations Scotty. Are you staying in the Kalamazoo area?

Just outside of Allegan, MI. We considered TN and NC, but in the end family and our love of SW Michigan won out. The acres of woods and the stream were the kickers. It really is our dream property...a dream we never excpected to come true.

 

[Bob Denman]

:congrats: So when can we start showing up without fear of being handed a hammer, a two by four, and a sack of nails?? :shocked: :roflblack:

 

[SpyderAnn01]

Looks great Scotty. Nice and flat with plenty of room to park Spyders. I smell a BBQ :roflblack:

 

[Trickie Dick]

You are putting the pole barn up first, right! Priorities you know.:clap:

 

[NancysToy]

You are putting the pole barn up first, right! Priorities you know.:clap:

Not sure they will let me...nor if I will have the time or money. It will probably be concurrent.

 

[bruiser]

Will there be a guest room??

 

[Arthur---Mexico]

A beautiful undertaking. If you need the name of a good log cabin constructor there is one in Aspen CO by the name of Ackerman. That outfit does beautiful work.

Good luck and keep your cool.

Arthur---Mexico City

For those of you that have been around for a while, you may recognize the subject as a take-off on an old song from 1966. I'll let it go at that, but it aptly describes our condition.

Nancy and I have been seriously looking at land for many months. On Thanksgiving Day we took a long Spyder ride, and found a promising piece. We looked at it closely the next week, and bought it immediately. We now have 11.5 acres with woods and a stream. Since then we have taken the madness to a new level...we are building a half-log house on the property. After weeks of looking at models and plans, drawing and modifying plans we liked, then scrapping everything and starting over, we have selected a log company and a builder, and have submitted our preliminary plans. This is an insane thing for someone my age, with a long paid off mortgage, to do...but it does cross a thing or two off our bucket lists. Wish us well!

I hate to leave the place where we have lived for 33+ years, and the polebarn that I built to house my treasures, but in the bargain, I will get a brand new pole barn, much larger, with room for a car and bike lift and for all my toys. Too busy designing the house now, but the barn design will follow soon. I expect I will build that myself, while I let the builder deal with the house. There is only so much climbing a ladder and swinging a hammer that an old fella can tolerate.

If I am online less, and don't seem as active, never fear...we still ride Spyders and love them dearly. We'll will remain active on SpyderLovers, but we may be a bit busier with other things from time to time. We hope to be at Spyderfest and the Owner's Event...among others, but if schedules get tight, we may have to make some adjustments. Let's hope there is time for everything!

Bring on the straight-jackets...here we go!

 

[CyncySpyder]

Teddy & I would like to say Congrats on following your dreams Scotty

:clap::2thumbs::congrats::2thumbs::clap:

 

[SpyRyd]

Congrats Scotty and Nancy. You guys are living (gonna be) your dream and mine. When I retired from my 30+ year Air Force career, my dream was to build a log home on a few acres with a fast running stream and learn to fly fish. Didn't happen. Wife wasn't keen on "country" living and oldest daughter w/ husband and our first grandson had settled in SE Virginia. So I sacrificed my "dream" for family and retired in SE VA, but I'm still dreaming.

I envy you!!!!

 

[Erags]

can I get a room near you

We are looking at doing the same thing? Now we are looking at building also, but not a log cabin.