My brother-in-law, who has a camp just up the hill next to ours, and I decided we were going to invest in getting a shared well drilled for our camps. The idea was to place a well on our property line, run water lines to each camp, and install a frost-free hydrant so that we would have uninterrupted access to water year round.
We reached out to Kettle Creek Well Drilling to drill the well for us. To save on money (or so we had hoped), we would install the water lines from the well to our camps ourselves. With all of the rain we had, the well drilling went slow, but after a couple of weeks, the well drillers were able to complete the well with enough flow to supply water to both of our camps.
To install the water lines to each of our camps, we rented a mini-excavator. I picked up the 2-ton digger in Lewistown and transported it to our property in Potter County. That experience is a story for another time.
After three days of digging, we had our water lines installed. We had a small leak at one of the frost-free hydrants, but that was easily fixed with the addition of two more clamps. The ditches are back-filled but we still need to do some work to smooth out the dirt. We will be renting a skid loader to tackle those tasks sometime later in the month.
Inside the cabin I have completed some tile work for the pellet stove. This was needed for insurance purposes and now that it is finished, I do like the looks of it better than what we had before. I also installed temporary railing in the loft. This railing will be replaced with oak railing whenever we install the oak stairs.
Finally, just a few pictures of the outdoors. This is why I love coming up to the cabin as much as I do!
Camp Cabin 