We all met at midday Saturday and set up tents on the property. We then cut the remaining flagged driveway trees down to bottom. We planned and flagged a parking area which should fit three rigs, then flagged a narrow walkway into a building site, an approximate 40’circle for yurt clearing. It sounds like we are in favor of cutting the trees in the circle spot, but leaving the moss and ground cover for now.
Harold met Brendan MaGuire and his dad Dennis on lot #9. Brendan (229-9232) works 2 on/2 off on the slope, is renting a cabin in Hope, his wife is an artist, they have a shelter on lot #9 and trees cut for a loop driveway. He has been in contact with the excavator guy from Sunrise, said that guy charges $100/hr. Brendan is thinking about picking a spot on site to dig a pit for his driveway gravel, and then have all his stumps and debris piled in the hole and buried.
We all met Kristen from lot #12, she was very nice, visited a while and walked down our driveway cut to take a look. She has a cabin in Hope, and said she will not be developing #12 for some time. She said the owner of lot #10 is a doctor (gastroenterologist) from Anchorage. Kristen told us about Willie Davidson who runs dump trucks and lives at the “Fuck You Dump” mess near the Discovery Cafe. Matt and Harold met Willie’s brother Robbie Davidson at Pioneer Liquor; he was very helpful and ready to bring gravel at $10/yard; said we should expect to hit the best gravel base about 2’ down (he and his outfit A&G built the subdivision roads and do the snowplowing).
We set up a dinner site on the utility easement, and Jeanie and Nick created a great supper of grilled pizza. Harold drove his truck down there for the night, and then drove out with a small load of seasoned birch cutoffs.
That evening, Matt, Sue and Harold went down to the Seaside for beers and enjoyed the live music. Jonas never would settle, so the Mosemans drove home to sleep; Nick came back in the morning to help out and pack up. It was a great weekend, and the driveway cut is impressive!
This tear-off slip was on an ad in the Discovery Cafe: “Equipment for Hire 782-3268 / 244-1604” This is Mel.
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