Yurt collapse

I've been putting this post off for a while but here it is. We were told of the collapse by our neighbors who snow shoed into their properties.

Nuff said... Too much snow and we weren't prepared! I've heard there was 3 feet up near Hoodsport and Lake Cushman, probably more at 1650 feet elevation where our yurt is. It then warmed up fast and poured rain on the snow and boom!

This happened in January 2009.

Introducing Camp Taint

photo taken May of 07 on our first morning at Camp Taint.

I've got a lot of catching up to do with projects we have done out at our property on the Olympic Peninsula aka Camp Taint. I co-own it with 2 friends Aaron and Nate. It's 5 acres with a yurt and a shed on it. Off the grid so no water or power, we use other systems for our minimal camping needs. Currently we have a solar panel that charges a Deep-cycle battery to run lights in the yurt and a stereo. We also setup a gutter and rain barrel to collection rain water for washing and things other thank drinking.


old photo. there is now a solar panel above the shed window...



Nate Jumping z50




Wood stove in Yurt


"The Snow" playing in front of the shed on Memorial Day 06, on generator power of course.
They sounded really good, so good that the cops came after they were done. I guess people that live up on Dow Mountain with no power are not acustom to rock bands playing in the woods...