Alaska Homesteading 2.0
"New" Guest Cabin Doug and I returned to Haines, AK in early March, arriving just before the Covid lock down. We were happy to be home in our small rural Alaskan town for the beginning of the pandemic. The new stay at home recommendations worked out okay for us as our spring plan was to continue cleaning up our “rough” homestead prior to fishing season. Last year (those of you who saw the blog will recall) we took possession of the 3+ acres, cleaned up the neglected house and began consolidating and getting rid of the 10 abandoned Ford trucks and numerous other old, rusty “treasures” scattered thru-out the property. House, tree and bunk house (rt) before the move This spring we focused on 1 of the 4 inherited out buildings, turning it into our guest cabin/sun room. This was the old “bunk house” and we needed to move it in order to drop the huge spruce tree that was right next to the house. Doug created a skid/pulley system to move the building 40 feet away an...