We got a few photos today from Roy. He was up there on vacation and stopped by to check things out. Looks like they are still working above the stairs/kitchen area, but haven’t gotten to the great room yet. Hopefully things will go a lot faster once they finish this part of the roof.
We went to Squaw Valley today. They had a trapeze set up. Katy was a natural. We are thinking of sending her to circus school in Oakland. Katy and Margaret also did a trampoline thing that they thought was fun.
Bruce and I walked from Barker Pass back to our houses in Ward Canyon. Once we were near Barker Peak, I looked back and saw where the family was the day before. On the way, we scrambled up to the top of Twin Peaks. We went up to the saddle, then a little way up the Eastern most (right side) peak. The back was a pretty steep scramble, but the front was pretty much a shear cliff. From the top we could see a lot of Alpine Meadows and all of Ward Canyon (except our houses). We took lots of pictures to see if we could find our houses later, to no avail. The best we were able to do was find Merrill’s green propane tank. I also took this picture with my camera phone, but couldn’t quite actually send it from the top of Twin Peaks.
After lunch at Twin Peaks, we scrambled back down and tried to go to Stanford Rock. Turns out, we got to what we thought was the top of the trail, but we never quite made it to Stanford Rock.
It was good to get out and explore some more of Ward Canyon and the surrounding area an d actually walk a part of the Tahoe Rim Trail. About 10 miles down and 175 or so to go.
While Elizabeth had a meeting with our designer to figure out stuff that only she cares about, the kids and I went into Tahoe City, checked out where to get Katy’s new skis, went to AlpenGlow, got ice cream, and went to commons beach. Katy was actually more interested in the shopping than in going to the park, but once we were at the park, everyone had a good time.
While in Tahoe this time, we decided to go on a short hike up near Barker Pass. Sam got tired pretty early on, but when we started to go off trail he decided that was better than being tired so he marched on. Margaret was the best hiker of all.
We have new photos of the construction at Tahoe. Check the Tahoe Totoem Pole entry below – the most recent photos are there, too. Next time we’ll post them separately so they are easier to find. The house is looking great – we are very excited about it.
Here is the eagle that the guys created for us. The framing seems to be going pretty well. They have started on the roof framing. It is coming together nicely. There is just a little disagreement between us and the contractor about when we can actually think about moving in.
Update: This photo is from last week. This week they took the totem pole down in order to start the roof.
Update: More photos from this month. We are gradually getting a roof on the third floor. We are waiting to see the great room framed up.
I got aerial photos of Ward Canyon taken last summer (7/28/04). You can look at the smaller, medium, or really huge version of these pictures.
Bruce has taken a few more pictures of our house as it goes up as well as some of the views we may be seeing.
