Building our pier and beam foundation
A pier and beam foundation seemed like our only viable option in the location we chose for our cabin. We didn't want to go completely overboard on resources with an actual concrete basement. But we also didn't want to risk to just use a slab of…
Building our outhouse on a slope
We quickly learned that we weren't as well prepared as we thought when building our outhouse. Our biggest challenges happened with our camping setup. Little did we know that spring is "mud season" in the Cariboo. Because of the vast amounts of…
A long winter of planning and the first move
I can say without a doubt that the winter of 2020 felt like the longest winter EVER. ;) Not only was our business still severely impacted by the Covid restrictions, we also couldn't go to Horsefly to start building. So we did spend a lot of time…
Developing raw land: glad we hired experts
The process of clearing our newly acquired land was far beyond what we could do ourselves. It's one thing to learn how to build a cabin, but we figured we'd skip the crash course in tree falling, bulldozing, digging etc. There are so many skills…
How we bought land in Horsefly
It's fun to look back at this part of the journey, 1.5 years later. In August 2020, as many people during the pandemic did, we decided to make a life altering choice: we bought a piece of raw land. As "starving artists" (wedding photography during…