I think that's what life's about. It's the pursuit of goals. The finished product,
you're always searching for that. It gets a good feeling when you're doing it and
you like it and other people like it. And the carving is by far my favorite. I like woodworking.
Approximately 40 years ago, we thought, boy, it's time to build a log cabin.
Bought the logs, had them brought in here, and I barked them all. And at the foundation put in,
then the process of building the cabin. Being good with a chain saw was a must because I had to cut
all the window openings out, door openings out, and then I had to miter the edges of the logs
to make it look good. It took us 10 years to do it. Then we started working on the outbuildings.
Then we built the barn and then the pond. And then we started working on improving the property,
the trails. Here's where the creek flows through. It'll never dry up, and in the winter it gets
going pretty good. You can tell it's just nicely wooded. The whole perimeter of the property is
fenced with railroad ties, wood posts, and steel posts with five strands of barbed wire. Every bit
of it. A little bridge I bang together a little one way. But these trees will be here hopefully a
long time protected and get bigger and someday draw attention. I like wood heat. It has a
personality to it. You know gas, electric, sterile. I mean you get warmth but you don't get that
radiated heat like from a wood stove. I think the real asset to the property is we are part of a
202 acre great peninsula conservancy piece of land. Lots of wildlife, lots of ducks. We have
nest boxes, 12 nest boxes that the wood ducks nest in. River otter, eagles. Very peaceful, very quiet,
very peaceful. You can buy 20 acres out by home but it won't be a 20 acre piece like this. This
has water and 100 year old trees and you don't have the commute. This is what all the roofs and
all the buildings were made out of. You hand split them. Life is a pursuit and my pursuit,
and I told my wife was to build a log home. It was a goal and I did it and I enjoyed it and I still enjoy it here.
