This guy hung around for a week and a half. Here he was checking out Lafawnduh about 5 ft from the glass.
House with snow and rail
The Thanksgiving crew.
The Thanksgiving Whitetail Massacree

Juiced

We finally got the power company to hook us up. Dealing with them was a glaring example of why monopolies suck...bad. First, it took three weeks to get someone to come up and measure the distance from the end of the line to our place. After that, it took two weeks to get an estimate of $13 per foot for about 700 ft. Then they required payment up front of the entire sum before they would even put us on the schedule. It took two months for them to get to us and they bumped us on the schedule four times. Pop and I called them no less than fifty times throughout the whole ordeal. 

If I may interject a little politics, this is a classic example of what deregulation has achieved. This market is so small that the supposed "free market" is a farce. The rules set by the state that used to govern the power company have gone out the window and now and rates have gone up 375% since 1999 when deregulation went through. May I point to the deregulation of the banking system and it's subsequent greed fueled collapse as further evidence. Rant over. 

This here's a mountain chicken. Yummy. Only bit into one BB.
This is the view from my elk spot. Soon to come....elk pics, hopefully. 

Workin' it out.

This is a section of the log railing I'm building for the deck. 
Here's the place all sided. I've not yet addressed the roof. The color is Blackberry, kind of a purple/burgundy color. It is the first roof of this color ever sold in Western Montana. The pride for this pick...of course, goes to Pamelita (who also recently turned 47, congrats Ma)
Gable end