The Gold Street Cabin In Mammoth, Utah

Tuesday, August 1, 2017 Don continued his work on the root cellar wall. Wednesday, August 2, 2017 Don finished the final wall of the root cellar—not before conking himself on the head with the frame.   Done!  Thursday, August 3, 2017 Don started putting floor joists over the basement.  Friday, August 4, 2017 Don added wooden blocks to stabilize the floor joists. He is standing triumphantly on the floor of the house.  Saturday, August 5, 2017 We made a Home Depot run.  Purchased miscellany and twelve more floor joists and 12 pieces of plywood. The surest way to get people to offer to help at Home Depot is for Barbara to do anything.  It was a heavy load for our car to pull but it didn't seem to struggle.  Of course, Don took care.   There is a grade we come up on the way to Eureka that our bishop calls a car killer so we have to be especially careful there. Sunday, August 6, 2017 Church ...

It always amazes me how people who live in areas with gorgeous views, how seldom the homes are oriented so that the occupants can see those views.  That is one reason we chose this property.  The western view is marvelous.  I thought I would want to have my morning desk face east to watch the sunrise (I loved that once when we lived on a 3rd floor of an apartment on 45th south in Taylorsville and  watched the sunrise as I studied the scriptures.)  I've noticed here that you notice the sunrise in the west;  Don always quotes these lines from this poem when I mention it.     In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly!   But westward, look, the land is bright! by Arthur Hugh Clough.  1819–1861 from   Say not the Struggle Naught availeth   One morning I took successive pictures to illustrate thi...